β Scribed by Andras Hamori
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In applying the standards of modern literary criticism to medieval Arabic literature, Andras Hamori concentrates on those aspects of the literature that appear most alien to modern Western taste: the limitation of themes, the sedimentation with conventions, and the use of elusive patterns of composition.
The first part of the book approaches Arabic literature from the historical point of view, concentrating on the transformations in poetic genres and poetic attitudes towards time and society in the literature between the sixth and the tenth centuries. The problems of poetic technique are then discussed, with special emphasis on poetic unity and the use of conventions. The third part of the book deals with methods of composition in prose through an examination of the orders and disorders in two tales from the Arabian Nights.
Originally published in 1974.
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Cover
Contents
Preface
Note on Translation and Transliteration
Genres and the Transformation of Genres
1 The Pre-Islamic QaΕΔ«da: The Poet as Hero
2 Ghazal and KhamrΔ«ya: The Poet as Ritual Clown
3 WaΕf: Two Views of Time
Technique
4 The Poem and Its Parts
5 Ambiguities
The Construction of Tales
6 An Allegory from the Arabian Nights: The City of Brass
7 The Music of the Spheres: The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad
Chronology of People and Events
Bibliography
Index
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
No dust jacket. Cover and backstrip slightly scuffed.One page in text wrinkled and ripped but still readable.Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition, suitable as a reading copy.
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