Classical Arabic literature : a library of Arabic literature anthology / selected and translated by Geert Jan van Gelder.
2013
PJ7694.E1 C53 2013 (Mapit)
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Title
Classical Arabic literature : a library of Arabic literature anthology / selected and translated by Geert Jan van Gelder.
ISBN
9780814770276 hardcover alkaline paper
0814770274 hardcover alkaline paper
9780814738269 paperback alkaline paper
0814738265 paperback alkaline paper
0814770274 hardcover alkaline paper
9780814738269 paperback alkaline paper
0814738265 paperback alkaline paper
Publication Details
New York : New York University Press, 2013.
Language
English
Language Note
Parallel Arabic text and English translation.
Description
xxviii, 468 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
PJ7694.E1 C53 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
892.7/08
Summary
A major translation achievement, this anthology presents a rich assortment of classical Arabic poems and literary prose, from pre-Islamic times until the 18th century, with short introductions to guide non-specialist students and informative endnotes and bibliography for advanced scholars. Both entertaining and informative, Classical Arabic Literature ranges from the early Bedouin poems with their evocation of desert life to refined urban lyrical verse, from tender love poetry to sonorous eulogy and vicious lampoon, and from the heights of mystical rapture to the frivolity of comic verse. Prose selections include anecdotes, entertaining or edifying tales and parables, a fairy-tale, a bawdy story, samples of literary criticism, and much more. With this anthology, distinguished Arabist Geert Jan van Gelder brings together well-known texts as well as less familiar pieces new even to scholars. Classical Arabic Literature reveals the rich variety of pre-modern Arabic social and cultural life, where secular texts flourished alongside religious ones. This masterful anthology introduces this vibrant literary heritage--including pieces translated into English for the first time--to a wide spectrum of new readers.
Note
Verse -- Prose.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Gelder, G. J. H. van.
Series
Library of Arabic literature.
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