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1 Online-Ressource (XIX, 215 Seiten)
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ISBN:
9789004691018
Series Statement:
Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures volume 45
Content:
In his Beautifying the Ugly and Uglifying the Beautiful ( TaḥsÄ«n al-qabīḥ wa-taqbīḥ al-ḥasan ) the prolific anthologist al-ThaÊ¿ÄlibÄ« (d. 429/1038) offers a thematically arranged selection of Arabic poems and prose anecdotes or sayings with contrary or paradoxical purport, such as praise of miserliness, boredom, sickness, and death, or condemnation of generosity, intelligence, youth, and music. The book is both entertaining and informative, giving insight in premodern Arab and Islamic culture. It contains a new edition of the Arabic text and a complete English translation (the first in any language) with extensive annotation, preceded by an introduction with the necessary background of the genre
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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English and Arabic
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004691001
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Thaʻālibī, ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad, - 961 or 962-1037 or 1038 Contrariness in classical Arabic literature Leiden : Brill, 2024 ISBN 9789004691001
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004691018
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Author information:
Ṯaʿālibī, ʿAbd-al-Malik Ibn-Muḥammad aṯ- 961-1038
Author information:
Gelder, Geert Jan van 1947-