Al-Tha &

Gebundenes Buch

Contrariness in Classical Arabic Literature

Beschreibung

The entertaining and informative Arabic anthology by al-Thaʿālibī (d. 1038), Beautifying the Ugly and Uglifying the Beautiful, offers poems and prose with contrary or paradoxical statements, thematically arranged. The book contains a new edition and a richly annotated English translation.

Autor

Geert Jan van Gelder (Ph.D. Leiden, 1982) retired in 2012 as Laudian Professor of Arabic (University of Oxford). His numerous publications on premodern Classical Arabic Literature include monographs, editions, translations, and many articles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: de Gruyter Brill
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 163mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9789004691001
• ISBN-10: 9004691006
• Artikelnr.: 69130373