Writing and representation in medieval Islam Muslim horizons / edited by Julia Bray.
| Other author | Bray, Julia. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York, : Routledge, |
| Description | xiv, 266 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures ; 11 |
| Contents | List of contributors -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Note on conventions -- Fact and fiction -- Robert Irwin: Ibn Zunbul and the romance of history -- Robert G. Hoyland: history, fiction and authorship in the first centuries of Islam -- Julie Scott Meisami: Writing medieval women : representations and misrepresentations -- Appearance and truth -- James E. Montgomery: al-Jāḥiẓ's Kitāb al-bayān wa al-tabyīn -- Philip F. Kennedy: The maqāmāt as a nexus of interests: reflections on Abdelfattah Kilito's Les séances -- Julia Bray: the physical world and the writer's eye : al-Tanūkhī and medicine -- Notes -- Bibliographies -- Index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2005023539 |
| ISBN | 9780415385688 |
| ISBN | 0415385687 |