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Title

The literary heritage of the Arabs : an anthology / edited by Suheil Bushrui & James M. Malarkey ; in collabortation with C. Bayan Bruss.

Publication

London : Saqi Books, 2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bushrui, Suheil B.
• Malarkey, James M.
• Bruss, Bayan.
• Malarkey, James Michael, 1949-
• Bayan Bruss, C.

Description

xxv, 447 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"The Literary Heritage of the Arabs samples some of the finest literature produced by Arab writers in the last 1,500 years. The selection of poetry and prose spans many genres and styles, conveying the full range of Arab experiences and perspectives - from the tragic to the comic, the wistful to the mystical, the courtly to the lowly and the Arab East to Andalusia." -- Publisher's description.

Subject

• Arabic literature > History and criticism
• Arabic literature > Translations into English

Genre/Form

Translations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Part 1 -- The Pre-Islamic Period (Jahiliyya) -- The Mu'allaqat -- Ka'bBin Zuhair -- al-Aswad Bin Yafur --al-Khansa -- al-Tirrimah -- Jamil -- Katari of Mazin -- 'Umar Ibn Abi Rabi'ah -- Part II: The Islamic Age -- The Holy Qur'an -- Hadith -- Shaybani's Siyar -- Part III: The Ummayed Dynasty -- al-Akhtal -- al-Farazdaq -- Jarir -- Abd al-Hamid al-Katib -- Ibn al-Muqaffa -- Ibn Ishaq -- Bashshar Ibn Burd -- Part IV: The Abbasid Synasty -- Rabia al-Adawiya -- Ibn al-Ahnaf -- Abu Nuwas -- Abu'l Atahiya --Dibil -- al-Jahiz -- Abu Tammam -- al-Buhturi -- Ibn Qutayba -- Ibn al-Rumi -- al-Tabari -- al-Junayd -- al-Junayd -- al-Hallaj -- Ibn al-Mu'tazz -- al-Razi -- al-Farabi -- al-Mas'udi --al-Mutanabbi -- Abu Firas al-Hamdani -- al-Tawhidi -- al-Tanukhi -- al-Kalabadhi -- al-Hamadhani -- al-Biruni -- al-Ma'arri --Ibn Sina (Avicenna) -- al-Hariri --al-Ghazzali -- Ibn Rushd (Averroes) -- Usama -- Ibn Tufayl -- Ibn Jubayr -- Ibn Arabi -- Ibnu'l Farid -- Ibn Khallikan -- al-Busiri --^
• Part V: Al-Andalus - Arab Spain -- Ibn Hazm --Ibn 'Abd Rabbihi -- Ibn Zaydun -- al-Mutamid -- Abu'l Hasan Ali ibn Hisn -- Ibn Hamdis -- Abus Salt -- Ibn Quzman -- Ibn Hayyun -- Ibn Sa'ad al-Khair -- Ibn al-Faras -- Ibn Said -- Ibn Maimon (Moses Maimonides) -- Saadia Gaon -- Solomon ibn Gabirol -- Part VI: The Age of Depression -- Ibn Battuta -- Ibn al-Khatib -- Ibn Khaldun -- The Romance of Antar -- The Arabian Nights -- Part VII: Al-Nahda - Renaissance of Arabic Literature -- Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi -- Ahmad Shawqi -- Hafiz Ibrahim -- Khalil Mutran -- Ma'ruf al-Rusafi -- Ilya Abu Madi -- Gibran Kahlil Gibran -- Ameen Rihani -- Mikhail Naimy -- Taha Hussein -- Abbas al-Aqqad -- May Ziadah -- Ahmad al-Safi al-Najafi -- Mahmud Taymur -- Tewfiq al-Hakim -- Part VIII: Modern Arabic Literature -- Abu al-Qasim al-Shabi -- Naguib Mahfouz -- Jabra Ibrahim Jabra -- Khalil Hawi -- 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayati -- Salah 'Abd al-Sabur -- Mahmoud Darwish -- Adonis -- Badr Shakir al-Sayyab--^
• Yusuf al-khal -- Muhammad al-Fayturi -- Nazik al-Mala'ika -- Mona Fayad -- Salma al-Khadra al-Jayyusi -- Fudwa Tuqan --Mai Sayigh --Nizar Qabbani --May Rihani -- Antoine Raad -- Henri Zoghaib.

ISBN

• 9780863568244
• 0863568246

OCLC

• 783151700
• SCSB-10961269

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library