The ode of abū shādūf with commentary

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Brains confounded by the ode of abū shādūf expounded. Part two
4. An account of the lineage of the poet and its components, and of the place that took him to its bosom and gave him shelter from his earliest moments, and of the origins of his fortune and how it was brought, and of the nature of his beard, whether it was long or short, and of how, at the end, by fate he was o’erthrown, as a result of which he composed this ode for which he became famous and well known 5
5. The ode of abū shādūf with commentary 23
6. Some miscellaneous anecdotes with which we conclude the book625 254
7. Let us conclude this book with verses from the sea of inanities 260
8. Notes 262
9. Glossary 319
10. Bibliography 346
11. Further reading 364
12. Risible rhymes or the book to bring a smile to the lips of devotees of proper taste and style through the decoding of a sampling of the verse of the rural rank and file
13. Introduction 371
14. Note on the text 375
15. Notes to the introduction 376
16. Risible rhymes
17. Preamble 379
18. The author declares his intention to decode a sampling of rural verse and to follow this with a sampling of hints, wrangles, and riddles 381
19. A sampling of the verse of the rural rank and file 384
20. A sampling of hints and riddles 405
21. A wrangle over a line by al-mutanabbī 416
22. The author mentions the date of composition of the work and apologizes for its brevity 426
23. Notes 428
24. Glossary 449
25. Bibliography 454
26. Index 457
27. About the nyu abu dhabi institute 474
28. About the translator 475
29. The library of arabic literature 476