*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*Note on Translation and Transliteration, pg. xi*ONE. The Pre-Islamic Qasida: The Poet as Hero, pg. 1*TWO. Ghazal and Khamriya: The Poet as Ritual Clown, pg. 31*THREE Wasf: Two Views of Time, pg. 78*FOUR. The Poem and Its Parts, pg. 101*FIVE. Ambiguities, pg. 119*SIX. An Allegory from the Arabian Nights: The City of Brass, pg. 145*SEVEN. The Music of the Spheres: The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad, pg. 164*Relative Chronology of People and Events, pg. 181*Bibliography of Works Cited, pg. 183*Index, pg. 195

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