Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abu Shaduf Expounded

Yusuf al-Shirbini, Humphrey Davies

Description

Witty, bawdy, and vicious, Yusuf al-Shirbini's Brains Confounded pits the "coarse" rural masses against the "refined" urban population. In Volume One, al-Shirbini describes the three rural "types"-peasant cultivator, village man-of-religion, and rural dervish-offering anecdotes testifying to the ignorance, dirtiness, and criminality of each. In Volume Two, he presents a hilarious parody of the verse-and-commentary genre so beloved by scholars of his day, with a 47-line poem supposedly written by a peasant named Abu Shaduf, who charts the rise and fall of his fortunes. Wielding the scholarly tools of elite literature, al-Shirbini responds to the poem with derision and ridicule, dotting his satire with digressions into love, food, and flatulence. Volume Two of Brains Confounded is followed by Risible Rhymes, a concise text that includes a comic disquisition on "rural" verse, mocking the pretensions of uneducated poets from Egypt's countryside. Risible Rhymes also examines various kinds of puzzle poems, which were another popular genre of the day, and presents a debate between scholars over a line of verse by the fourth/tenth-century poet al-MutanabbA . Together, Brains Confounded and Risible Rhymes offer intriguing insight into the intellectual concerns of Ottoman Egypt, showcasing the intense preoccupation with wordplay, grammar, and stylistics and shedding light on the literature of the era.An English-only edition.

Sujets

• Middle East

Informations

• Publié par: NYU Press
• Date de parution: 09 avril 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781479852949
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

raIns çonFounded by tHe Ôde oF Àbū ŚHādūF Éxpounded Voume One

Ibrary oF ÀrabIc Iterature ÉdItorIaL oard

eneraL ÉdItor  . Kéé, é Yô Uéŝ

ÉxecutIve ÉdItors Jàéŝ É. ôôé, Uéŝ ô çàé Śàà . ôôàà, Yàé Uéŝ

ÉdItors Śéà Àô, hé Ôô Śàé Uéŝ Jûà à, Uéŝ ô Ôô àé çôôéŝô, Uéŝ ô çàôà, ôŝ Àééŝ Jôŝé É. ô, Uéŝ ô éŝàà àûé ôéà, é Yô Uéŝ Àû à àéà Qûû, Uéŝ ô çàô é J. Śéà, Éô Uéŝ

ÉdItorIaL Irector ç ôŝŝé

IgItaL roductIon anager Śûà ô

ÀssIstant ÉdItor ûé àô

eLLowsHIp rogram çoordInator Àà À-Zôû

etter From tHe eneraL ÉdItor

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 . Kéé Genea Edîo, Lîbay o Aabîc Lîeaue

Àbout tHIs aperback

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transLated by umpHrey avIes

Foreword by YousseF akHa

voLume edItors James É. ontgomery eert Jan van eLder

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ÉW YÔK UVÉŚY ÉŚŚ New Yok

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à ô çôéŝŝ çààô--ûàô àà àéŝ: Ś, Yŝû  ûḥàà, àé 1–187, àûô. | àéŝ,  ûé . (ûé àà), éô àŝàô. | Ś, Yŝû   ûḥàà, àé 1–187. à à-ûḥ  ŝàḥ àṣ À  Ś. Éŝ. | Ś, Yŝû  ûḥàà, àé 1–187.  à à-ûḥ  ŝàḥ àṣ À Ś. é: àŝ ôôûé  é ôé ô Àû Śàû éôûé / Yûŝû  à-Ś ; àŝàé  ûé àéŝ ; ôéô  Yôûŝŝé àà. éŝô: é Yô : é Yô Uéŝ éŝŝ, [2019] | Ôà  ûŝé  àà  201. | ûéŝ ôàà ééééŝ à  é. |  Éŝ  ôà Àà é. éiéŝ: CCN 201802779 () | CCN 2018077 (éôô) |  ïSBN 9781479879847 (éôô) | ïSBN 978147982949 (éôô) | ïSBN 9781479840212  (. : à. àé) Śûéŝ: CS: Vàéŝ—É—Éà ôŝ ô 1800. | É—ûà  ôôŝ—Éà ôŝ ô 1800. | Śôà ôéŝ  éàûé—Éà  ôŝ ô 1800. | Śàé, Àà—É—Éà ôŝ ô 1800. | Àà  éàûé—É—Éà ôŝ ô 1800. çàŝŝiàô: CC N78.À8 (éôô) | CC N78.À8 Ś13 2019 () | DDC  307.720932—23 C éô àààé à ŝ://.ô.ô/201802779

é Yô Uéŝ éŝŝ ôôŝ àé é ô à-éé àé, à é  àéàŝ àé ôŝé ô ŝé à ûà.

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àûàûé  é Ué Śàéŝ ô Àéà

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To Kîsîna Neson and Cae and James Davîes

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éé ô é ééà Éô /  ôéô /  ôûô /  ôé ô é é /  ôéŝ ô é ôûô / 

raIns çonFounded by tHe Ôde oF Àbū ŚHādūF Éxpounded, art Ône /  hé Àûô éŝéŝ é Ôé ô À Ś /  hé Àûô Éàŝ ô à éŝô ô é çôô çôû ô /  An Accoun o a Few o heî Names, Nîcknames, andKûàŝ /  heî Cîden /  heî Women duîng ïnecouse /  heî Weddîngs / À Àôû ô hé Éŝààéŝ /  Anecdoes Sowîng a a Man Canno Escape Hîs ïnbon Naue / Anecdoes Sowîng e Supîdîy o Couny Peope /  Accouns o Wa Happened o Peasans Wo Wen o e Cîy / he Peasan Wo Aended e Fîday Paye în a Vîage by e Rîve /  he Tae o e hee Woes o Caîo / Anecdoes Concenîng Couny Peope Wo Wen o e Cîy and Wee Oveaken by e Need o Reîeve hemseves, Ec. /  he Tae o e Campîons o Dîscouesy o Caîo and Damascus /

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