Reynold Alleyne Nicholson, R. A. Nicholson, Nicholson

A Literary History of the Arabs

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For sixty years, the best account in English of Arab literature has been, by universal consent, this book; its supremacy will long remain unchallenged.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 538
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 751g
• ISBN-13: 9780521095723
• ISBN-10: 0521095727
• Artikelnr.: 33156850

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. Saba and Himyar
2. The history and legends of the Pagan Arabs
3. Pre-Islamic poetry, manners, and religion
4. The prophet and the Koran
5. The Orthodox Caliphate and the Umattay Dynasty
6. The Caliphs of Baghdád
7. Poetry, literature, and science in the 'Abbásid period
8. Orthodoxy, free-thought, and mysticism
9. The Arabs in Europe
10. From the Mongol invasion to the present day
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.