Writing and Representation in Medieval Islam - Muslim Horizons

Informationen zum Autor Julia Bray Klappentext With contributors from specialists in different areas of classical Islamic thought, this accessible volume explores the ways in which medieval Muslims, saw, interpreted and represented the world around them in their writings. Zusammenfassung With contributors from specialists in different areas of classical Islamic thought, this accessible volume explores the ways in which medieval Muslims, saw, interpreted and represented the world around them in their writings. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. Note on Conventions Part 1: Fact and Fiction 1. Ibn Zunbul and the Romance of History 2. History, Fiction and Authorship in the First Centuries of Islam 3. Meisami Writing Medieval Women: Representations and Misrepresentations Part 2: Appearance and Truth 4. Al-Jahiz’s Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin 5. The Maqamat as a Nexus of Interests: Reflections on Abdelfattah Kilito’s Les Séances 6. The Physical World and the Writer’s Eye

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• Authors: Julia Bray, Julia (Universite De Paris 8 Bray, Bray Julia
• Assisted by: Julia Bray (Editor), Julia (Universite De Paris 8 Bray (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.08.2010
• EAN: 9780415595933
• ISBN: 978-0-415-59593-3
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures; Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous