Book Review

Margaret Larkin. Al-Mutanabbī: Voice of the Abbasid Poetic Ideal

Volume: 11 Number: 1 May 31, 2023
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Margaret Larkin. Al-Mutanabbī: Voice of the Abbasid Poetic Ideal

Abstract

This book review presents Margaret Larkin’s work, Al-Mutanabbī: Voice of the Abbasid Poetic Ideal. The work is a belles-lettres critique of a literary genre, the poetry of Al-Mutanabbī, which discusses the function of poetry in the Abbasid ideal. Larkin's interpretation of history, particularly medieval Islamic history, reveals the significance of contextualizing poetic activity in the 10th century Islamic court authority, as it is a disseminated media power and has an iconoclastic impact in the community, centralizing institutionalized power and supremacy. The author discusses several aspects of the poetic material in relation to the poet's life story, plight, and identity crisis, but also indicates its derivation from the political substructure, i.e., the Abbasid ideal. The political ideal is not a monolithic project; it requires an aesthetic vision and an attractive public image. According to Larkin's discernment, in achieving an Islamic empire discourse, the mobility of state power is grounded on the factor of charisma, the realm of which is poetry in the medieval Arab world. Larkin fills a scholarly gap in current literary studies.

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English

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Journal Section

Book Review

Publication Date

May 31, 2023

Submission Date

March 4, 2023

Acceptance Date

April 7, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 11 Number: 1

APA
Güleç, S. C. (2023). Margaret Larkin. Al-Mutanabbī: Voice of the Abbasid Poetic Ideal. Dergiabant, 11(1), 210-213. https://doi.org/10.33931/dergiabant.1259866
AMA
1.Güleç SC. Margaret Larkin. Al-Mutanabbī: Voice of the Abbasid Poetic Ideal. Dergiabant. 2023;11(1):210-213. doi:10.33931/dergiabant.1259866
Chicago
Güleç, Serdar Cihan. 2023. “Margaret Larkin. Al-Mutanabbī: Voice of the Abbasid Poetic Ideal”. Dergiabant 11 (1): 210-13. https://doi.org/10.33931/dergiabant.1259866.
EndNote
Güleç SC (May 1, 2023) Margaret Larkin. Al-Mutanabbī: Voice of the Abbasid Poetic Ideal. Dergiabant 11 1 210–213.
IEEE
[1]S. C. Güleç, “Margaret Larkin. Al-Mutanabbī: Voice of the Abbasid Poetic Ideal”, Dergiabant, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 210–213, May 2023, doi: 10.33931/dergiabant.1259866.
ISNAD
Güleç, Serdar Cihan. “Margaret Larkin. Al-Mutanabbī: Voice of the Abbasid Poetic Ideal”. Dergiabant 11/1 (May 1, 2023): 210-213. https://doi.org/10.33931/dergiabant.1259866.
JAMA
1.Güleç SC. Margaret Larkin. Al-Mutanabbī: Voice of the Abbasid Poetic Ideal. Dergiabant. 2023;11:210–213.
MLA
Güleç, Serdar Cihan. “Margaret Larkin. Al-Mutanabbī: Voice of the Abbasid Poetic Ideal”. Dergiabant, vol. 11, no. 1, May 2023, pp. 210-3, doi:10.33931/dergiabant.1259866.
Vancouver
1.Serdar Cihan Güleç. Margaret Larkin. Al-Mutanabbī: Voice of the Abbasid Poetic Ideal. Dergiabant. 2023 May 1;11(1):210-3. doi:10.33931/dergiabant.1259866

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