Literary History of the Arabs

Informationen zum Autor Reynold A. Nicholson Klappentext Beginning with the pre-Islamic period and continuing to recent historical times! this volume covers the whole of the Arab world! including the Arab empires in Europe. Zusammenfassung A Literary History of the Arabs, published in 1907 and twice re-issued without alteration, now appears under new auspices, this is volume four. With an updated bibliography and an added appendix which includes a certain amount of supplementary matter. Inhaltsverzeichnis PREFACE, INTRODUCTION, I. SABA AND HIMYAR, II. THE HISTORY AND LEGENDS OF THE PAGAN ARABS, III. PRE-ISLAMIC POETRY, MANNERS, AND RELIGION, IV. THE PROPHET AND THE KORAN, V. THE ORTHODOX CALIPHATE AND THE UMAYYAD DYNASTY, VI. THE CALIPHS OF BAGHDAD, VII. POETRY, LITERATURE, AND SCIENCE IN THE 'ABBASID PERIOD, VIII. ORTHODOXY, FREE-THOUGHT, AND MYSTICISM, IX. THE ARABS IN EUROPE, X. FROM THE MONGOL INVASION TO THE PRESENT DAY, APPENDIX, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX

Product details

• Authors: Reynold A. Nicholson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.05.2016
• EAN: 9781138979925
• ISBN: 978-1-138-97992-5
• No. of pages: 536
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Middle East, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies