Night & Horses & the Desert: An Anthology of Classic Arabic Literature - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1468313126 ISBN 13: 9781468313123

Verlag: OVERLOOK PR, 2016

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Reseña del editor:

Spanning the fifth to the sixteenth centuries, from Afghanistan to Spain, Night & Horses & The Desert includes translated extracts from all the major classics in an invaluable introduction to the subject. Robert Irwin has selected a wide range of Arabic poetry and prose in translation, from the most important and typical texts to the very obscure. Alongside the extracts, Irwin’s copious commentary and notes provide an explanatory history of Arabic literature. What were the various genres and to what extent were they constrained by rules? What were the canons of traditional Arabic literary criticism? How were Arabic prose and poetry recited and written down? Irwin explores the literary environments of the desert, salon, mosque, and bookshop and provides brief biographies of the caliphs, princesses, warriors, scribes, dandies, and mystics who created such a rich and diverse literary culture. Night & Horses & The Desert gives western readers a unique taste of the sheer vitality and depth of the medieval Arab past.

Biografía del autor:

ROBERT IRWIN, the eminent Arabist, is the author of The Arabian Nightmare, Exquisite Corpse, Dangerous Knowledge, Prayer-Cushions of the Flesh, and The Limits of Vision, also available from Overlook.

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• Verlag: OVERLOOK PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1468313126
• ISBN 13: 9781468313123
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 480
• Herausgeber: Irwin Robert