'Abbasid Belles-Lettres

Name: 'Abbasid Belles-Lettres
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ISBN: 9780521240161

ISBN-10: 0521240166

ISBN-13: 9780521240161

Edition: 1989

Authors: Julia Ashtiany, T. M. Johnstone, J. D. Latham, R. B. Serjeant

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'Abbasid literature was characterized by the emergence of many new genres and of a scholarly and sophisticated critical consciousness. This volume of The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature covers the prose and poetry produced in the heartland and provinces of the 'Abbasid Empire from the mid-eighth to the thirteenth centuries A.D. Chronologically organized, the book explores the main genres and provides extended studies of major poets, prose writers and literary theorists. To make the material accessible to nonspecialist readers, 'Abbasid authors are quoted in English translation wherever possible, and clear explanations of their literary techniques and conventions are provided. The…

Book details

List price: $239.99
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/30/1990
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 536
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English



Editorial preface


Map: the Middle East


The G++Abbasid caliphate: a historical introduction



Adab and the concept of belles-lettres



Shu'ubiyyah in Arabic literature



Ibn Al-Muqaffa' and early 'Abbasid prose



Al-Jahiz



Al-Sahib Ibn 'Abbad



Abu Hayyah al-Tawhidi



Al-Hamadhani, al-Hariri and the maqamat genre



Fables and legends



G++Abbasid poetry and its antecedents



Hunting poetry (tardiyyat)



Political poetry



Love poetry (ghazal)



Wine poetry (khamriyyat)



Mystical poetry



Ascetic poetry (zuhdiyyat)



Bashshar b. Burd, Abu l-Atahiyah and Abu Nuwas



Al-Mutanabbi



Abu Firas al-Hamdani



Abu l- Ala al-MaG++arri G++AG++Isha



Literary criticism



Ibn al-Mu'tazz and Kitab al-Badi'



Regional literature: Egypt



Regional literature: the Yemen


Bibliographies


Index