On the Art of Medieval Arabic Literature / / Andras Hamori.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Hamori, Andras,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1974
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Essays in Literature ; 1447
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (214 p.)

In applying the standards of modern literary criticism to medieval Arabic literature, Andras Hamori concentrates on those aspects of the literature that appear most alien to modern Western taste: the limitation of themes, the sedimentation with conventions, and the use of elusive patterns of composition.The first part of the book approaches Arabic literature from the historical point of view, concentrating on the transformations in poetic genres and poetic attitudes towards time and society in the literature between the sixth and the tenth centuries. The problems of poetic technique are then discussed, with special emphasis on poetic unity and the use of conventions. The third part of the book deals with methods of composition in prose through an examination of the orders and disorders in two tales from the Arabian Nights.Originally published in 1974.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Note on Translation and Transliteration -- ONE. The Pre-Islamic Qasida: The Poet as Hero -- TWO. Ghazal and Khamriya: The Poet as Ritual Clown -- THREE Wasf: Two Views of Time -- FOUR. The Poem and Its Parts -- FIVE. Ambiguities -- SIX. An Allegory from the Arabian Nights: The City of Brass -- SEVEN. The Music of the Spheres: The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad -- Relative Chronology of People and Events -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index