World in a Book - Al-Nuwayri and the Islamic Encyclopedic Tradition

Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)-- Harvard University, 2012.

Info autore

Elias Muhanna is the Manning Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at Brown University. He is the editor and translator of an abridged version of al-Nuwayri’s The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition (Penguin) and the editor of The Digital Humanities and Islamic & Middle East Studies.

Riassunto

Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)-- Harvard University, 2012.

Testo aggiuntivo

"The World in a Book is edifying, lucidly-written, and enjoyable to read. . . . Al-Nuwayrī’s world of Mamluk
Egypt and Syria is vividly brought to life. Muhanna’s book also potentially enables very fruitful comparative conversations on encyclopedism in Middle Eastern and Western traditions. It is an important work that moves the study of “post-classical” Arabic literature significantly forward.
"---Nathaniel A. Miller, Journal of Arabic Literature

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Elias Muhanna, Muhanna Elias
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9780691175560
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17556-0
• Pagine: 232
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Islam, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, RELIGION / Islam / History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, Comparative Literature, Middle East, History of Religion, Literary studies: general, Literary reference works, Literature: history and criticism, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge