Arabic Literature to the End of the Umay

Klappentext The History provides an invaluable source of reference of the intellectual! literary and religious heritage of the Arabic-speaking and Islamic world. Zusammenfassung The volumes of the History provide an invaluable source of reference and understanding of the intellectual! literary and religious heritage of the Arabic-speaking and Islamic world. This volume begins its coverage with the oral verse of the sixth century AD! and ends with the fall of the Umayyad dynasty two centuries later. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editorial introduction; Maps; 1. Background topics A. F. L. Beeston; 2. Pre-Islamic poetry Abdulla el Tayib; 3. Early Arabic prose R. B. Serjeant; 4. The beginnings of Arabic prose literature: the epistolary genre J. D. Latham; 5. The role of parallelism in Arabic prose A. F. L. Beeston; 6. The Qur'an - I R. Paret; 7. The Qur'an - II A. Jones; 8. Qisas elements in the Qur'an H. T. Norris; 9. Aspects of the Qur'an today Jacques Jomier; 10. Hadith literature - I: the development of the science of Hadith Muhammad Abdul Rauf; 11. Hadith literature - II: collection and transmission of Hadith Nabia Abbott; 12. Shi'i Hadith E. Kohlberg; 13. Narrative elements in the Hadith literature Sahair el Calamawy; 14. European criticism of Hadith literature N. J. Coulson; 15. The impact of the Qur'an and Hadith on medieval Arabic literature A. M. Zubaidi; 16. The Maghazi literature J. M. B. Jones; 17. The Sirah literature M. J. Kister; 18. The poetry of the Sirah literature James T. Monroe; 19. Fables and legends in pre-Islamic and early Islamic times H. T. Norris; 20. Umayyad poetry Salma K. Jayyusi; 21. Music and verse O. Wright; 22. The Greek impact on Arabic literature L. E. Goodman; 23. The Persian impact on Arabic literature C. E. Bosworth; 24. The Syrian impact on Arabic literature R. Y. Ebied; Appendix J. D. Pearson; Glossary; List of sources; Index.

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• Authors: A. F. L. Beeston, A.F.L. Beeston
• Assisted by: A. F. L. Beeston (Editor), Beeston A. F. L. (Editor), T. M. Johnstone (Editor), R. B. Serjeant (Editor), Serjeant R. B. (Editor), G.R. Smith (Editor), Smith G. R. (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2009
• EAN: 9780521126212
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12621-2
• Series: Cambridge History of Arabic Li; The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature; The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, Arabic, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Islamic countries, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval