Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Otto Zwartjes -- Foreword / Acknowledgements / Otto Zwartjes -- Introduction / Otto Zwartjes -- Chapter One Bilingualism in Al-Andalus / Otto Zwartjes -- Chapter Two The Origins of the Hispano-Arabic Muwašša;ḥ and the Zajal / Otto Zwartjes -- Chapter Three Medieval Arabic Theory / Otto Zwartjes -- Chapter Four The Poets, Manuscripts and Editions Of TawšĪh Poetry / Otto Zwartjes -- Chapter Five The Origins and Development of Hispano-Arabic Strophic Poetry According to Arabic Literary Theory / Otto Zwartjes -- Chapter Six Early Romance Analogous Strophic Poetry and its Structure / Otto Zwartjes -- Chapter Seven Prosody and Rhyme / Otto Zwartjes -- Chapter Eight Thematic Relationships / Otto Zwartjes -- Chapter Nine Stylistic Features / Otto Zwartjes -- Chapter Ten Conclusion / Otto Zwartjes -- Appendix I Bilingualism in Medieval Poetry / Otto Zwartjes -- Appendix II Old Andalusi Texts in the North African Musical Tradition / Otto Zwartjes -- Appendix III Texts / Otto Zwartjes -- Appendix IV Chronology / Otto Zwartjes -- Bibliography / Otto Zwartjes -- Glossary of Arabic Technical Terms / Otto Zwartjes -- Index Nominum / Otto Zwartjes -- Index Rerum / Otto Zwartjes -- Medieval Iberian Peninsula / Otto Zwartjes.

Love Songs from al-Andalus presents an updated survey of the debates concerning Andalusian strophic poetry and their Kharja s. Attention is focused on the texts themselves and their literary implications as testimonies of the multicultural and multilingual society of al-Andalus. Since languages and alphabets of the three major religions have been used, these texts are studies historically, prosodically, thematically and stylistically and are related to the three literary traditions. One of the novelties of this study is the fact that it has been based upon the most updated edition and interpretations of the texts introducing emendations in over a third of its contents and making obsolete most of the hundreds of previous articles and books on the topic. Another novelty is the fact that stylistic features have been studied according to the Arabic model, casting new light on them. The survey of thematic relationships and the analysis of code-switching phenomena add weight to the conclusions of this research.

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