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

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 composi...

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