The Mantle Odes

Arabic Praise Poems to the Prophet Muhammad

Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych

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Indiana University Press
14 June 2010

Poetry; Literary studies: general; Literary studies: poetry & poets; Regional studies; Islamic worship, rites & ceremonies; Judaism

Three of the most renowned praise poems to the Prophet, the mantle odes span the arc of Islamic history from Muhammad's lifetime, to the medieval Mamluk period, to the modern colonial era. Over the centuries, they have informed the poetic and religious life of the Arab and Islamic worlds. Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych places her original translations of the poems within the odes' broader cultural context. By highlighting their transformative power as speech acts and their ritual function as gift exchanges, this book not only demonstrates the relevance of these poems to contemporary scholarship but also reveals their power and beauty to the modern reader.

By: Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 22g
ISBN: 9780253222060
ISBN 10: 0253222060
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 14 June 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych is Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature at Indiana University, Bloomington. She is author of The Poetics of Islamic Legitimacy: Myth, Gender, and Ceremony in the Classical Arabic Ode (IUP, 2002).

Reviews for The Mantle Odes: Arabic Praise Poems to the Prophet Muhammad

A work of scholarship at the highest level, critically groundbreaking, textually grounded, elegantly argued, and of a depth and breadth that is rare in any field. Michael Sells, author of Desert Tracings: Six Classic Arabian Odes A great achievement in literary theory and Islamic thought and a significant contribution to Arabic literature. Muhsin al-Musawi, author of Reading Iraq: Culture and Power in Conflict