The Epistle of Forgiveness : : Volume Two: Hypocrites, Heretics, and Other Sinners / / Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī; ed. by Geert Jan van Gelder, Gregor Schoeler.
One of themost unusual books in classical Arabic literature, The Epistle of Forgiveness is the lengthy reply by the prolificSyrian poet and prose writer, Abu l-?Ala? al-Ma?arri (d. 449 H/1057 AD), to aletter by an obscure grammarian, Ibn al-Qarih. With biting irony, The Epistle of Forgiveness mocks...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Library of Arabic Literature ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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