Buch, Englisch, 129 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 144 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 304 g
Essays on Classical Arabic Culture
Buch, Englisch, 129 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 144 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 304 g
Reihe: Middle East Literature In Translation
ISBN: 978-0-8156-2936-8
Verlag: Syracuse University Press
In this text Kilito argues that genre - not authorship - is at the heart of classic Arabic literature. He examines love poetry and panegyric, the Prophet's Hadith and the literary anecdote, as well as such themes as memorization, plagiarism and forgery and the dream visions of the dead.




