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Poems of wine and revelry : the Khamriyyat of Abu Nuwas

One of the greatest of Arabic poets - indeed, the greatest in the opinion of some critics - Abu Nuwas wrote accomplished verse that demonstrated his technical mastery of all the major genres. This work offers a glimpse of the hedonistic and dissipated world he inhabited: the world of Baghdad high society at the zenith of the Abbasid caliphate.
Print Book, English, 2005
Kegan Paul, London, 2005
1 v. (XII-138 p.) ; 25 cm
9780710309570, 0710309570
470965895
Chapter 1 Poems of Wine & Revelry: the khamr?yy?t of Abu Nuwas;