A Short History of Classical Arabic Literature
Author: Ignác Goldziher
Publisher: Georg Olms Publishers
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 190
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ignác Goldziher
Publisher: Georg Olms Publishers
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 190
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Muḥammad Muṣṭafá Badawī
Publisher: Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780198265429
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Badawi gives a concise and authoritative survey, in English, of the whole whole of modern Arabic literature since the mid-19th century. He charts the efforts of Arab authors to meet the modern world in the imported forms of the novel, short story, and drama, aswell as in their indigenous poetic and prose tradition.
Author: G. J. H. van Gelder
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13: 0814770274
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Verse and prose, from the 6th century CE (pre-Islamic) to the early 18th century CE.
Author: J. Brugman
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2023-10-16
Total Pages: 455
ISBN-13: 9004663037
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Roger Allen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006-04-13
Total Pages: 419
ISBN-13: 1139936468
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The final volume of The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature explores the Arabic literary heritage of the little-known period from the twelfth to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Even though it was during this time that the famous Thousand and One Nights was composed, very little has been written on the literature of the period generally. In this volume Roger Allen and Donald Richards bring together some of the most distinguished scholars in the field to rectify the situation. The volume is divided into parts with the traditions of poetry and prose covered separately within both their 'elite' and 'popular' contexts. The last two sections are devoted to drama and the indigenous tradition of literary criticism. As the only work of its kind in English covering the post-classical period, this book promises to be a unique resource for students and scholars of Arabic literature for many years to come.
Author: Robert Irwin
Publisher: ABRAMS
Published: 2016-06-21
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1590209141
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This collection of Arabic literature is “a joy to read. . . . a journey through eleven centuries of a lost world, with a surprise on almost every page” (Financial Times). Spanning the fifth to the sixteenth centuries, from Afghanistan to Spain, Night & Horses & The Desert includes translated extracts from all the major classics in an invaluable introduction to the subject of classical Arabic literature. Robert Irwin has selected a wide range of poetry and prose in translation, from the most important and typical texts to the very obscure. Alongside the extracts, Irwin’s copious commentary and notes provide an explanatory history of the subject. What were the various genres and to what extent were they constrained by rules? What were the canons of traditional Arabic literary criticism? How were Arabic prose and poetry recited and written down? Irwin explores the literary environments of the desert, salon, mosque, and bookshop and provides brief biographies of the caliphs, princesses, warriors, scribes, dandies, and mystics who created such a rich and diverse literary culture. Night & Horses & The Desert gives western readers a unique taste of the sheer vitality and depth of the medieval Arab past. “Superb . . . . a revelation.” —The Washington Post “[A] treasure-house of a book. . . . Unequaled for scholarship and entertainment.” —The Independent
Author: Salma Khadra Jayyusi
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 426
ISBN-13: 0231149239
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Short fiction was an immensely innovative art in the medieval Arab world and speaks to the urbanization of the Arab domain after Islam. It reflects the bustling life of Muslim Arabs and Islamized Persians and the sure stamp of an urbanity that had settled very staunchly after big conquests. Reading these texts today illuminates the wide spectrum of early Arab life and the influences and innovations that flourished so vibrantly in medieval Arab society. Classical Arabic Stories selects from an impressive corpus, including excerpts from seven seminal works: Ibn Tufail's novel, Hayy ibn Yaqzan; Kalila wa Dimna by Ibn al-Muqaffa; The Misers by al-Jahiz; The Brethren of Purity's The Protest of Animals Against Man; Al-Maqamat (The Assemblies) by al-Hamadhani and al-Hariri; Epistle of Forgiveness by al-Ma'arri; and the epic romance, Sayf Bin Dhi Yazan. Organized thematically, the volume begins with pre-Islamic tales, stories of rulers and other notables, and thrilling narratives of danger and warfare. It follows with tales of love, religion, comedy, and the strange and the supernatural.
Author: Muḥammad Muṣṭafá Badawī
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Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781383015683
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Paul Starkey
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2014-03-11
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 0748696539
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An introduction to Modern Arabic Literature, from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present