Fate the Hunter Early Arabic Hunting Poems【電子書籍】[ James E. Montgomery ]

＜p＞＜strong＞A rich anthology of pre-Islamic and early Islamic poetry on the beauties and perils of the hunt＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞In the poems of ＜em＞Fate the Hunte＜/em＞r, many of them translated into English for the first time, trained cheetahs chase oryx, and goshawks glare from falconers’ arms, while archers stalk their prey across the desert plains and mountain ravines of the Arabian peninsula. With this collection, James E. Montgomery, acclaimed translator of ＜em＞War Songs＜/em＞ by ?Antarah ibn Shadd?d, offers a new edition and translation of twenty-six early works of hunting poetry, or ＜em＞?ardiyy?t＜/em＞. Included here are poems by pre-Islamic poets such as Imru? al-Qays and al-Shanfar?, as well as poets from the Umayyad era such as al-Shamardal ibn Shar?k. The volume concludes with the earliest extant epistle about hunting, written by ?Abd al-?am?d al-K?tib, a master of Arabic prose.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Through the eyes of the poet, the hunter’s pursuit of the quarry mirrors Fate’s pursuit of both h．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る