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New Perspectives on Arabian Nights
Av Wen-chin Ouyang, Geert Jan van Gelder m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
2525 kr
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Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, this comparative study of a selection of The Arabian Nights stories in a cross-cultural context, brings together a number of disciplines and subject areas to examine the workings of narrative. It predominantly focuses on the ways in which the Arabian Nights …
Of Dishes and Discourse
Classical Arabic Literary Representations of Food
Häftad, 2011
1052 kr
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Considers how Arab and Islamic culinary culture may be represented in literary forms. Scholars of the medieval Islamic period are keenly aware of the importance of food and wine as themes in literature. Van Gelder's witty and subtle approach teases the most out of texts as well as enabling the …
New Perspectives on Arabian Nights
Av Wen-chin Ouyang, Geert Jan van Gelder m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
754 kr
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Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, this comparative study of a selection of The Arabian Nights stories in a cross-cultural context, brings together a number of disciplines and subject areas to examine the workings of narrative. It predominantly focuses on the ways in which the Arabian Nights …
Of Dishes and Discourse
Classical Arabic Literary Representations of Food
Inbunden, 1999
2904 kr
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Considers how Arab and Islamic culinary culture may be represented in literary forms. Scholars of the medieval Islamic period are keenly aware of the importance of food and wine as themes in literature. Van Gelder's witty and subtle approach teases the most out of texts as well as enabling the …
Classical Arabic Literature
A Library of Arabic Literature Anthology
Häftad, 2012
445 kr
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A major translation achievement, this anthology presents a rich assortment of classical Arabic poems and literary prose, from pre-Islamic times until the eighteenth century, with short introductions to guide non-specialist students and informative endnotes and bibliography for advanced scholars. …
Epistle of Forgiveness
Volume One: a Vision of Heaven and Hell
Av Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī, Geert Jan Van Gelder m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
727 kr
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One of the most unusual books in classical Arabic literature, The Epistle of Forgiveness is the lengthy reply by the prolific Syrian poet and prose writer Abu l-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (d. 449/1057), to a letter written by an obscure grammarian, Ibn al-Qarih. With biting irony, The Epistle of Forgiveness …
Classical Arabic Literature
A Library of Arabic Literature Anthology
Inbunden, 2012
1413 kr
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A major translation achievement, this anthology presents a rich assortment of classical Arabic poems and literary prose, from pre-Islamic times until the eighteenth century, with short introductions to guide non-specialist students and informative endnotes and bibliography for advanced scholars. …
Epistle of Forgiveness
Volume Two: Hypocrites, Heretics, and Other Sinners
Av Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī, Geert Jan Van Gelder m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
727 kr
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One of the most unusual books in classical Arabic literature, The Epistle of Forgiveness is the lengthy reply by the prolific Syrian poet and prose writer, Abu l-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (d. 449/1057), to a letter by an obscure grammarian, Ibn al-Qarih. With biting irony, The Epistle of Forgiveness mocks …
Close Relationships
Incest and Inbreeding in Classical Arabic Literature
E-bok, 2005
2509 kr
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Close Relationships is Geert Jan van Gelder's groundbreaking and comprehensive study of the diverse facts and opinions concerning incest and close-kin marriage found in literary and non-literary pre-modern Arabic texts. The pre-Islamic Arabs knew about the dangers of inbreeding; the Qur'an …
Of Dishes and Discourse
Classical Arabic Literary Representations of Food
E-bok, 2014
1235 kr
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Considers how Arab and Islamic culinary culture may be represented in literary forms. Scholars of the medieval Islamic period are keenly aware of the importance of food and wine as themes in literature. Van Gelder''s witty and subtle approach teases the most out of texts as well as enabling the …
Of Dishes and Discourse
Classical Arabic Literary Representations of Food
E-bok, 2014
1235 kr
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Considers how Arab and Islamic culinary culture may be represented in literary forms. Scholars of the medieval Islamic period are keenly aware of the importance of food and wine as themes in literature. Van Gelder''s witty and subtle approach teases the most out of texts as well as enabling the …
New Perspectives on Arabian Nights
Av Geert Jan van Gelder, Wen-chin Ouyang m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
1016 kr
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Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, this comparative study of a selection of The Arabian Nights stories in a cross-cultural context, brings together a number of disciplines and subject areas to examine the workings of narrative. It predominantly focuses on the ways in which the Arabian Nights …
New Perspectives on Arabian Nights
Av Geert Jan van Gelder, Wen-chin Ouyang m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
1016 kr
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Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, this comparative study of a selection of The Arabian Nights stories in a cross-cultural context, brings together a number of disciplines and subject areas to examine the workings of narrative. It predominantly focuses on the ways in which the Arabian Nights …
Portrait of Abū l-Qāsim al-Baghdādī al-Tamīmī
Av Abū l-Muṭahhar Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Azdī, Emily Selove m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
1626 kr
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Hikayat Abi l-Qasim al-Baghdadi (The Portrait of Abu l-Qasim al-Baghdadi) is an 11th-century Arabic work by Abu l-Mutahhar Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Azdi which tells the story of a Baghdadi party-crasher crashing a party in Isfahan. It is introduced by its author as a microcosm of Baghdad. This work, …
Portrait of Abū l-Qāsim al-Baghdādī al-Tamīmī
Av Abū l-Muṭahhar Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Azdī, Emily Selove m. fl.
E-bok, 2021
2343 kr
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Hikayat Abi l-Qasim al-Baghdadi (The Portrait of Abu l-Qasim al-Baghdadi) is an 11th-century Arabic work by Abu l-Mutahhar Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Azdi which tells the story of a Baghdadi party-crasher crashing a party in Isfahan. It is introduced by its author as a microcosm of Baghdad. This work, …
Portrait of Abū l-Qāsim al-Baghdādī al-Tamīmī
Av Abū l-Muṭahhar Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Azdī, Emily Selove m. fl.
E-bok, 2021
2343 kr
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Hikayat Abi l-Qasim al-Baghdadi (The Portrait of Abu l-Qasim al-Baghdadi) is an 11th-century Arabic work by Abu l-Mutahhar Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Azdi which tells the story of a Baghdadi party-crasher crashing a party in Isfahan. It is introduced by its author as a microcosm of Baghdad. This work, …
Prominent Murder Victims of the Pre- and Early Islamic Periods Including the Names of Murdered Poets
Introduced, Edited, Translated from the Arabic, and Annotated
Av Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb (d. AH 245/AD 860), Geert Jan Van Gelder m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
2351 kr
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Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb (d. 860), a specialist in Arab history, tribal genealogy, and poetry, who lived in Baghdad, collected in his Prominent Murder Victims many stories of murderers and murder victims from the legendary pre-Islamic past, such as how Bilqīs, the Arabic name for the Queen of Sheba, came …
Contrariness in Classical Arabic Literature
Beautifying the Ugly and Uglifying the Beautiful by Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī (d. 429/1038)
Av Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī, Geert Jan Van Gelder m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1887 kr
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In his Beautifying the Ugly and Uglifying the Beautiful (Taḥsīn al-qabīḥ wa-taqbīḥ al-ḥasan) the prolific anthologist al-Thaʿālibī (d. 429/1038) offers a thematically arranged selection of Arabic poems and prose anecdotes or sayings with contrary or paradoxical purport, such as praise of …
Literary History of Medicine
The ʿUyūn al-anbāʾ fī ṭabaqāt al-aṭibbāʾ of Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah. Volume 1: Essays
Av Emilie Savage-Smith, Simon Swain m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
830 kr
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An online, Open Access version of this work is also available from Brill.A Literary History of Medicine by the Syrian physician Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah (d. 1270) is the earliest comprehensive history of medicine. It contains biographies of over 432 physicians, ranging from the ancient Greeks to the …
Literary History of Medicine
The ʿUyūn al-anbāʾ fī ṭabaqāt al-aṭibbāʾ of Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah. Volume 2-1: Arabic Edition
Av Emilie Savage-Smith, Simon Swain m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
848 kr
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An online, Open Access version of this work is also available from Brill.A Literary History of Medicine by the Syrian physician Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah (d. 1270) is the earliest comprehensive history of medicine. It contains biographies of over 432 physicians, ranging from the ancient Greeks to the …
Literary History of Medicine
The ʿUyūn al-anbāʾ fī ṭabaqāt al-aṭibbāʾ of Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah. Volume 2-2: Arabic Edition
Av Emilie Savage-Smith, Simon Swain m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
830 kr
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An online, Open Access version of this work is also available from Brill.A Literary History of Medicine by the Syrian physician Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah (d. 1270) is the earliest comprehensive history of medicine. It contains biographies of over 432 physicians, ranging from the ancient Greeks to the …
Literary History of Medicine
The ʿUyūn al-anbāʾ fī ṭabaqāt al-aṭibbāʾ of Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah. Volume 3-1: Annotated English Translation
Av Emilie Savage-Smith, Simon Swain m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
848 kr
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A Literary History of Medicine by the Syrian physician Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah (d. 1270) is the earliest comprehensive history of medicine. It contains biographies of over 432 physicians, ranging from the ancient Greeks to the author’s contemporaries, describing their training and practice, often as …
Literary History of Medicine
The ʿUyūn al-anbāʾ fī ṭabaqāt al-aṭibbāʾ of Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah. Volume 3-2: Annotated English Translation and Appendices
Av Emilie Savage-Smith, Simon Swain m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
848 kr
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An online, Open Access version of this work is also available from Brill.A Literary History of Medicine by the Syrian physician Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah (d. 1270) is the earliest comprehensive history of medicine. It contains biographies of over 432 physicians, ranging from the ancient Greeks to the …
Modern Poets (Ṭabaqāt al-shuʿarāʾ al-muḥdathīn)
Av ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Muʿtazz, Geert Jan Van Gelder
Inbunden, 2026
3039 kr
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The Modern Poets is the first complete translation into any language of an important and entertaining anthology compiled by the famous Arabic poet and Abbasid prince, ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Muʿtazz, who reigned as Caliph in Baghdad for one day in AD 908, before being killed the next day. It contains …
Prominent Murder Victims of the Pre- and Early Islamic Periods Including the Names of Murdered Poets
Introduced, Edited, Translated from the Arabic, and Annotated
Av Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb (d. AH 245/AD 860), Geert Jan Van Gelder
Häftad, 2026
843 kr
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Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb (d. 860), a specialist in Arab history, tribal genealogy, and poetry, who lived in Baghdad, collected in his Prominent Murder Victims many stories of murderers and murder victims from the legendary pre-Islamic past, such as how Bilqīs, the Arabic name for the Queen of Sheba, came …
