UID:
almahu_9948022226102882
Format:
1 online resource (xv, 517 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781139424905 (ebook)
Series Statement:
The Cambridge history of Arabic literature
Content:
This volume of The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature covers artistic prose and poetry produced in the heartland and provinces of the 'Abbasid empire during the second great period of Arabic literature, from the mid-eighth to the thirteenth centuries AD. 'Abbasid literature was characterised by the emergence of many new genres and of a scholarly and sophisticated critical consciousness. This volume deals chronologically with the main genres and provides extended studies of major poets, prose-writers and literary theorists. It concludes with a comprehensive survey of the relatively unknown literature of the Yemen to appear in a European language since the manuscript discoveries of recent years. To make the material accessible to non-specialist readers, 'Abbasid authors are quoted in English translation wherever possible, and clear explanations of their literary techniques and conventions are provided. With chapters by leading specialists from the Middle East, Europe and America, the volume represents a wide cross-section of current academic opinion.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015).
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The Abbasid caliphate : a historical introduction / H.N. Kennedy -- Adab and the concept of belles-lettres / S.A. Bonebakker -- Shuūbiyyah in Arabic literature / H.T. Norris -- Ibn al-Muqaffa and early Abbasid prose / J.D. Latham -- Al-Jāḥiẓ / C. Pellat -- Al-Ṣāḥib Ibn Abbād/ C. Pellat -- Abū Hayyān al-Tawḥīdī / M. Bergé -- Al-Hamadhānī, al-Harīrī and the maqāmāt genre / A.F.L. Beeston -- Fables and legends / H.T. Norris -- Abbasid poetry and its antecedents / M.M. Badawi -- Hunting poetry (ṭardiyyāt) / G. Rex Smith -- Political poetry / R. Rubinacci -- Love poetry (ghazal) / A. Hamori -- Wine poetry (khamriyyāt) / F. Harb -- Mystical poetry / M. Lings -- Ascetic poetry (zuhdiyyāt) / A. Hamori.
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Bashār b. Burd, Abū l- Atāhiyah and Abū Nuwās / G. Schoeler -- Al-Mutanabbī / A. Hamori -- Abū Firās al-Ḥamdānī / Abdullah el Tayib -- Abū l- Alā al-Maarrī / Aishah Abd al-Rahman -- Literary criticism / K. Abu Deeb -- Ibn al-Mutazz and Kitāb al-Badi / S.A. Bonebakker --Regional literature : Egypt / S.M. Ayyad -- Regional literature : the Yemen / A. el-Shami.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521240161
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521240161
