The Body in Arabic Love Poetry

Radically re-interprets the nature of medieval Arabic love poetry in the classical age Challenges the stereotypical idea about the absence of the body in ‘Udhri love poetryInvestigates the ‘Udhri tradition through close readings of the classical 10th-century Arabic sources including anthologies such as the Kitab al-AghaniContributes to literary studies on the representations of the bodyIncludes close readings of difficult literary texts in classical Arabic including the work of ‘Urwah b. Hizam,