Leg over Leg : Volume One / Aḥmad Fāris al-Shidyāq; ed. by Humphrey Davies.
2013
PJ7862.H48 S213 2013
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Title
Leg over Leg : Volume One / Aḥmad Fāris al-Shidyāq; ed. by Humphrey Davies.
ISBN
9780814745243
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2013]
Copyright
©2013
Language
English
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In English.
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10.18574/nyu/9780814745243.001.0001 doi
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PJ7862.H48 S213 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
892.78508
Summary
Leg over Leg recounts the life, from birth to middle age, of 'the Fariyaq,' alter ego of Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, a pivotal figure in the intellectual and literary history of the modern Arab world. The always edifying and often hilarious adventures of the Fariyaq, as he moves from his native Lebanon to Egypt, Malta, Tunis, England and France, provide the author with grist for wide-ranging discussions of the intellectual and social issues of his time, including the ignorance and corruption of the Lebanese religious and secular establishments, freedom of conscience, women's rights, sexual relationships between men and women, the manners and customs of Europeans and Middle Easterners, and the differences between contemporary European and Arabic literatures. Al-Shidyaq also celebrates the genius and beauty of the classical Arabic language.Akin to Sterne and Rabelais in his satirical outlook and technical inventiveness, al-Shidyaq produced in Leg Over Leg a work that is unique and unclassifiable. It was initially widely condemned for its attacks on authority, its religious skepticism, and its "obscenity," and later editions were often abridged. This is the first English translation of the work and reproduces the original Arabic text, published under the author's supervision in 1855.
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Davies, Humphrey, editor.
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Library of Arabic Literature ; ; 6
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Letter from the General Editor
Table of Contents
Foreword
A Note on the Text
Notes to the Frontmatter
Leg Over Leg, Volume One
Contents of the Book
The Dedication of This Elegantly Eloquent Book
Author's Notice
An Introduction by the Publisher of This Book
Proem
Book One
Notes
Glossary
Index
About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
About the Typefaces
About the Editor-Translator
Letter from the General Editor
Table of Contents
Foreword
A Note on the Text
Notes to the Frontmatter
Leg Over Leg, Volume One
Contents of the Book
The Dedication of This Elegantly Eloquent Book
Author's Notice
An Introduction by the Publisher of This Book
Proem
Book One
Notes
Glossary
Index
About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
About the Typefaces
About the Editor-Translator