Contrariness in Classical Arabic Literature

Beautifying the Ugly and Uglifying the Beautiful by Abū Manṣūr Al-Thaʿālibī (D. 429/1038)
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-69100-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Arabisch, Band 45, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures

In his Beautifying the Ugly and Uglifying the Beautiful (Tahsin al-qabih wa-taqbih al-hasan) the prolific anthologist al-Tha'alibi (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 miserliness, boredom, sickness, and death, or condemnation of generosity, intelligence, youth, and music. The book is both entertaining and informative, giving insight in premodern Arab and Islamic culture. It contains a new edition of the Arabic text and a complete English translation (the first in any language) with extensive annotation, preceded by an introduction with the necessary background of the genre.

Autoren/Hrsg.

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al-Tha'alibi, Abu Mansur

Gelder, Geert Jan van

Weitere Mitwirkende

Gelder, Geert Jan van

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft

Über Autor(innen)

Geert Jan van Gelder (Ph.D. Leiden, 1982) retired in 2012 as Laudian Professor of Arabic (University of Oxford). His numerous publications on premodern Classical Arabic Literature include monographs, editions, translations, and many articles.