Abbasid Belles Lettres

Herausgeber: Ashtiany, Julia; Latham, J. D.; Johnstone, T. M.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume covers artistic prose and poetry produced in the 'Abbasid empire from the mid-eighth to the thirteenth centuries AD.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 536
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 861g
• ISBN-13: 9780521088657
• ISBN-10: 0521088658
• Artikelnr.: 25007270

Inhaltsangabe

Editorial preface
Map: the Middle East
The 'Abbasid caliphate: a historical introduction H. N. Kennedy
1. Adab and the concept of belles-lettres S. A. Bonebakker
2. Shu'ubiyyah in Arabic literature H. T. Norris
3. Ibn Al-Muqaffa' and early 'Abbasid prose J. D. Latham
4. Al-Jahiz C. Pellat
5. Al-Sahib Ibn 'Abbad C. Pellat
6. Abu Hayyah al-Tawhidi M. Berge
7. Al-Hamadhani, al-Hariri and the maqamat genre A. F. L. Beeston
8. Fables and legends H. T. Norris
9. 'Abbasid poetry and its antecedents M. M. Badawi
10. Hunting poetry (tardiyyat) R. Smith
11. Political poetry R. Rabinacci
12. Love poetry (ghazal) A. Hamori
13. Wine poetry (khamriyyat) F. Harb
14. Mystical poetry M. Lings
15. Ascetic poetry (zuhdiyyat) A. Hamori
16. Bashshar b. Burd, Abu l-Atahiyah and Abu Nuwas G. Schoeler
17. Al-Mutanabbi A. Hamori
18. Abu Firas al-Hamdani A. El Tayib
19. Abu l- Ala al-Ma'arri 'A'Isha 'Abd Al-Raham
20. Literary criticism K. Abu Deeb
21. Ibn al-Mu'tazz and Kitab al-Badi' S. A. Bonebakker
22. Regional literature: Egypt S. M. Ayyad
23. Regional literature: the Yemen A. El-Shami
Bibliographies
Index.