Ḥikāyat Abī al-Qāsim : : A Literary Banquet / / Emily Selove.
Re-introduces a poorly understood, provocative and unusual work to a new audienceHikayat Abi al-Qasim, probably written in the 11th century by the otherwise unknown al-Azdi, tells the story of a gate-crasher from Baghdad named Abu l-Qasim, who shows up uninvited at a party in Isfahan. Dressed as a h...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edinburgh Studies in Classical Arabic Literature : ESCAL
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Cover Illustration Acknowledgements and Explanation
- Introduction
- 1 A Sampling of the Ḥikāya
- 2 A Microcosm Introduced
- 3 Crashing the Text
- 4 Mujūn is a Crazy Game
- 5 The Cosmic Crasher
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index