Humour and Eccentricity in Ṭabaqāt al-Šu‘arā’ al-muḥdaṯīn by Ibn al-Mu‘tazz
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https://doi.org/10.3989/alqantara.2009.v30.i2.85Keywords:
Arabic poetry, ‘Abbāsid poets, Poets biographies, Humour in arabic literature, Ibn al-Mu‘tazz, Ṭabaqāt al-shu‘arāAbstract
The purpose of this paper is to call attention to this book by Ibn al-Mu‘tazz, sometimes neglected, emphasizing its worth as a literary work and as a source for the study of humour in Arabic literature. Ṭabaqāt al-shu‘arā’ al-muḥdathīn is a very curious repository of biographies of ‘Abbāsid poets, with especial attention to the least known among them, but with personalities that might give occasion to tell a good story about their wit or their folly. So we have, at the same time that we receive information about some very famous poets, a remarkable record full of empathy and humour with tales of madmen, profligate people and rogues and scoundrels boasting of their trades.
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