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Virgin and her Lover
Fragments of an Ancient Greek Novel and a Persian Epic Poem
Av Bo Utas, Tomas Hägg
Inbunden, 2003
2301 kr
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Starting from the authors’ discovery that the Persian epic poem Vāmiq and ʿAdhrā by ʿUnṣurī (11th century AD) derives from the ancient Greek novel of Mētiokhos and Parthenopē, the book contains critical editions of the Greek and Persian fragments and testimonia, with English translation and …
Looking Back at al-Andalus
The Poetics of Loss and Nostalgia in Medieval Arabic and Hebrew Literature
Inbunden, 2009
2405 kr
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Looking Back at al-Andalus focuses on Arabic and Hebrew Literature that expresses the loss of al-Andalus from multiple vantage points. In doing so, this book examines the definition of al-Andalus’ literary borders, the reconstruction of which navigates between traditional generic formulations and …
Like Joseph in Beauty
Yemeni Vernacular Poetry and Arab-Jewish Symbiosis
Inbunden, 2008
3414 kr
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Like Joseph in Beauty traces the evolution of an Arabic poetic form called ‘Humayni poetry’. From Muslim mystical circles, the courts of aristocrats in Highland Yemen, and kabbalist circles of Yemenite Jews, Humayni poetry distinguishes itself with lyricism, musicality, and eroticism. It also plays …
Nūbat Ramal al-Māya in Cultural Context
The Pen, the Voice, the Text
Av Carl Davila
Inbunden, 2015
2656 kr
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In this unique edition, Carl Davila takes an original approach to the texts of the modern Moroccan Andalusian music tradition. This volume offers a literary-critical analysis and English translation of the texts of this nūba, studies their linguistic and thematic features, and compares them with …
Anthologist’s Art
Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī and His Yatīmat al-dahr
Av Bilal Orfali
Inbunden, 2016
2458 kr
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Why did premodern authors in the Arabic-Islamic culture compile literary anthologies, and why were these works remarkably popular? How can an anthology that consists of reproduced material be original and creative, and serve various literary and political ends? How did anthologists select their …
How Do You Say “Epigram” in Arabic?: Literary History at the Limits of Comparison
Av Adam Talib
Inbunden, 2017
2572 kr
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The qaṣīdah and the qiṭʿah are well known to scholars of classical Arabic literature, but the maqṭūʿ, a form of poetry that emerged in the thirteenth century and soon became ubiquitous, is as obscure today as it was once popular. These poems circulated across the Arabo-Islamic world for some six …
Medieval Arab Music and Musicians
Three Translated Texts
Inbunden, 2021
1887 kr
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Medieval Arab Music and Musicians offers complete, annotated English translations of three of the most important medieval Arabic texts on music and musicians: the biography of the musician Ibrāhīm al-Mawṣilī from al-Iṣbahānī’s Kitāb al-Aghānī (10th c), the biography of the musician Ziryāb from Ibn …
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 …
