UID:
edocfu_9961342624302883
Umfang:
1 online resource (535 pages).
ISBN:
1-4798-0086-4
Serie:
Library of Arabic literature
Originaltitel:
Maqāmāt.
Inhalt:
"An itinerant con man. A gullible eyewitness narrator. Voices spanning continents and centuries. These elements come together in Impostures, a groundbreaking new translation of a celebrated work of Arabic literature. Impostures follows the roguish Abū Zayd al-Sarūjīin his adventures around the medieval Middle East-we encounter him impersonating a preacher, pretending to be blind, and lying to a judge. In every escapade he shows himself to be a brilliant and persuasive wordsmith, composing poetry, palindromes, and riddles on the spot. Michael Cooperson transforms Arabic wordplay into English wordplay of his own. Featuring picaresque adventures and linguistic acrobatics, Impostures brings the spirit of this masterpiece of Arabic literature into English in a dazzling display of translation"--
Anmerkung:
Translated from the Arabic.
,
IMPOSTURES --
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Ever the Twain Shall Meet --
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A Basran Boswell --
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Sing o' Rich, Sing o' Poor --
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Euphues' Damietta --
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Woolf at the Door --
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Plain Anglish --
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Gangs of New Saybin --
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Text/ile --
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Stringing Her Along --
,
Alharet Eben Hammam His Tale --
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Preacher --
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Arabia Absurda --
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The Cozening Quean of Babylon --
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Scot Free --
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Hobson's Choice --
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Con Safos --
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Back Words --
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A Scandal in Mesopotamia, or, The Tell-Tale Tart --
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My Man Zayd --
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Down Under --
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Down in Bam --
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Leveraging the Flow --
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Three Men in a Dub --
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Arabians Learn Arabian --
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De Froid Trempe --
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What the Dickens? --
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The Wild East --
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A Void in Samarkand --
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The Behn of His Exiftence --
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Stop Hole Abbey --
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A Hajji's Progrefs --
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Jury-Rigged --
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The Joy of Yarabic --
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The Fraud of Slavery --
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De-Canted --
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What Is the Question? --
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Off the Heezie --
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Wocky Talkie --
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The Seafarer --
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Iran go Bragh --
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The Cup of Counsel --
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Discruciate This! --
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Containing Great Variety of Matter --
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Near East Enders --
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Cat among the Pidgins --
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Araby --
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The Confidence Men --
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Alcoholics Eponymous --
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The Parliament of Rogues --
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See Saw Margery Daw.
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Arabic fiction.
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Early works
DOI:
10.18574/9781479800865
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