Writing and Representation in Medieval Islam

Muslim Horizons
Herausgeber: Bray, Julia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With contributors from specialists in different areas of classical Islamic thought, this accessible volume explores the ways in which medieval Muslims, saw, interpreted and represented the world around them in their writings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780415595933
• ISBN-10: 0415595932
• Artikelnr.: 54571942

Autorenporträt

Julia Bray

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Note on Conventions Part 1: Fact and Fiction 1. Ibn Zunbul
and the Romance of History 2. History, Fiction and Authorship in the First
Centuries of Islam 3. Meisami Writing Medieval Women: Representations and
Misrepresentations Part 2: Appearance and Truth 4. Al-Jahiz's Kitab
al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin 5. The Maqamat as a Nexus of Interests: Reflections
on Abdelfattah Kilito's Les Séances 6. The Physical World and the Writer's
Eye