Arabic literature in the post-classical period / edited by Roger Allen and D.S. Richards

Other author Allen, Roger, 1942-
Other author Richards, D. S. (Donald Sidney), 1935-
Other author Cambridge University Press.
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoCambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press,
Descriptionix, 481 p. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesThe Cambridge history of Arabic literature
Cambridge history of Arabic literature. ^A275258
Contents The post-classical period : parameters and preliminaries / by Roger Allen -- Arabic poetry in the post-classical age / by Salma Khadra Jayyusi -- Poetic creativity in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries / by Muhammad Lutfi al-Yousfi -- Arabic religious poetry, 1200-1800 / by Th. Emil Homerin -- The role of the pre-modern : the generic characteristics of the band / by ʻAbdullah Ibrahim -- Pre-modern belletristic prose / by Muhsin al-Musawi -- The essay and debate (al-risāla and al-munāẓara) / by Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila -- The maqāma / by Devin Stewart -- Mamluk history and historians / by Robert Irwin -- Historiography in Arabic during the Ottoman period / by Michael Winter -- Popular poetry in the post-classical period, 1150-1850 / by Margaret Larkin -- Popular prose in the post-classical period / by Dwight F. Reynolds -- A thousand and one nights : a history of the text and its reception / by Dwight F. Reynolds -- Sīrat ʻAntar ibn Shaddād / by Remke Kruk -- Sīrat Banī Hilāl / by Dwight F. Reynolds -- Other sīras and popular narratives / by Peter Heath -- Popular religious narratives / by Kamal Abdel-Malek -- Drama in the post-classical period : a survey / by Rosella Dorigo Ceccato -- Pre-modern drama / by Philip Sadgrove -- Criticism in the post-classical period : a survey / by William Smyth.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 419-458) and index.
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LCCN 2005020119
ISBN0521771609 (hbk.)
ISBN9780521771603

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