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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      28 May 2012
      30 March 1990
      ISBN:
      9781139424905
      9780521240161
      9780521088657
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521240161
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.86kg, 536 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.78kg, 536 Pages
      • Series:
      The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature
      Subjects:
      Literature, Middle East Studies, Area Studies, European and World Literature: General Interest
      Collection:
      Cambridge Histories - Literature
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    Series:
    The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature
    Subjects:
    Literature, Middle East Studies, Area Studies, European and World Literature: General Interest
    Collection:
    Cambridge Histories - Literature
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    This volume of The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature covers artistic prose and poetry produced in the heartland and provinces of the 'Abbasid empire during the second great period of Arabic literature, from the mid-eighth to the thirteenth centuries AD. 'Abbasid literature was characterised by the emergence of many new genres and of a scholarly and sophisticated critical consciousness. This volume deals chronologically with the main genres and provides extended studies of major poets, prose-writers and literary theorists. It concludes with a comprehensive survey of the relatively unknown literature of the Yemen to appear in a European language since the manuscript discoveries of recent years. To make the material accessible to non-specialist readers, 'Abbasid authors are quoted in English translation wherever possible, and clear explanations of their literary techniques and conventions are provided. With chapters by leading specialists from the Middle East, Europe and America, the volume represents a wide cross-section of current academic opinion.

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    "It is a most welcome addition to the extremely meager selection of books on the subject available in English...." Dimitri Gutas, JAAS

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