Making the Great Book of Songs - Compilation and the Author's Craft in Abû I-Faraj al-Isbahânî's Kitâb al-aghânî

This is the first systematic literary study of one of the masterpieces of classical Arabic literature, the fourth/tenth century Kitâb al-aghânî (The Book of Songs) by Abû I-Faraj al-Isbahânî.

List of contents

1. Modern Research on the Kitâb al-aghânî 2. Abû I-Faraj's Life, Times and Works 3. Abû I-Faraj's Interventions: Songs and Singers 4. Abû I-Faraj's Interventions: Poetry and Poets 5. Abû I-Faraj's Interventions: Prose akhbâr and the Arrangement of Material 6. Articles on Songs, Events and Relationships 7. Articles on Personalities 8. Connections between Articles: The Common Fund of Material 9. Ordering the Material: The Framework of Introductory Songs

About the author

Hilary Kilpatrick studied Arabic at Oxford. She has taught at the universities of St. Andrews, UK, Nijmegen, The Netherlands and Bern, Switzerland, and now works as an independent scholar in Lausanne. She is one of the editors of the Arabic and Middle Eastern Literatures series, and has published on modern Arabic fiction and classical Arabic belles-lettres, and has made some translations from modern Arabic literature.

Summary

This is the first systematic literary study of one of the masterpieces of classical Arabic literature, the fourth/tenth century Kitâb al-aghânî (The Book of Songs) by Abû I-Faraj al-Isbahânî.

Product details

• Authors: Hilary Kilpatrick
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.10.2002
• EAN: 9780700717019
• ISBN: 978-0-7007-1701-9
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 173 mm x 227 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 780 g
• Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories