Roger Allen provides a comprehensive introductory survey of literary texts in Arabic, from their unknown beginnings in the fifth century AD to the present day, and from Islam's sacred text, the Qur'an, to popular literature including The Arabian Nights and a wealth of poetry, narrative prose, drama
Arabic Literature: An Introduction
β Scribed by H.A.R. Gibb
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 1963
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 200
- Edition
- Second Revised Edition
- Category
- Library
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