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Classical Arabic literature : a library of Arabic literature anthology / selected and translated by Geert Jan van Gelder.
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Library of Arabic literature
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arabic literature--Translations into English.
- Arabic literature.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 468 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- Parallel Arabic text and English translation.
- Summary:
- A major translation achievement, this anthology presents a rich assortment of classical Arabic poems, and literary prose, from pre-Islamic times until the 18th century, with short introductions to guide non-specialist students and informative endnotes and bibliography for advanced scholars. Both entertaining and informative, Classical Arabic Literature ranges from the early Bedouin poems with their evocation of desert life to refined urban lyrical verse, from tender love poetry to sonorous eulogy and vicious lampoon, and from the heights of mystical rapture to the frivolity of comic verse. Prose selections include anecdotes, entertaining or edifying tales and parables, a fairy-tale, a bawdy story, samples of literary criticism, and much more.
- With this anthology, distinguished Arabist Geert Jan van Gelder brings together well-known texts as well as less familiar pieces new even to scholars. Classical Arabic Literature reveals the rich variety of pre-modern Arabic social and cultural life, where secular texts flourished alongside religious ones. This masterful anthology introduces this vibrant literary heritage-including pieces translated into English for the first time-to a wide spectrum or new readers. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Verse 1
- A Qasidah by 'Abid ibn al-Abras 2
- A Qasidah by 'Alqamah ibn 'Abadah 4
- A Qasidah by al-Muthaqqib al-'Abdi 8
- An Elegy (Marthiyah) by al-Khansa' 12
- Polemics in Verse: An Invective Qasidah by al-Akhtal and a Reply by Jarir 15
- Love in the Desert: A Qasidah by Dhu 1-Rummah 21
- An Umayyad Ghazal Poem, used as an Abbasid Song Text 27
- An 'Udhri Ghazal attributed to Majnun Layla 29
- An Umayyad Ghazal by 'Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah 31
- A Love Poem by Umrn Khalid 33
- Anti-Arab, Pro-Iranian Lampoon (Hija') by Bashshar ibn Burd 34
- A Modern (Muhdath) Ghazal Epigram by Abu Nuwas 37
- A Ghazal by Abu Nuwas: On a Boy Called 'Ali 38
- Two Wine Poems by Abu Nuwas 40
- A Lampooning Epigram (Hijd') by Abu Nuwas 43
- A Ghazal Poem by al-'Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf 44
- Three Love Epigrams by 'Ulayyah bint al-Mahdl 46
- A Poem of Asceticism (Zuhdiyyah) by Abu 1-Atahiyah 49
- Ibn d-Rumi: On His Poetry 51
- A Qasidah by Ibn al-Rumi: A Party at 'Abd al-Malik ibn Salih al-Hashimi's 53
- A Panegyric Qasidah by al-Buhturi 58
- A Victory Ode by al-Mutanabbi: The Qasidah on Sayf al-Dawlah's Recapture of the Fortress of al-Hadath 61
- Nature Poetry: Two Epigrams by Ibn Khafajah 65
- Stropbic Poem: A Muwashshahah by al-A'ma al-Tutili 67
- An Anonymous Muwashshahah from Spain 69
- There Descended to You: A Philosophical Allegory by Ibn Sina 73
- Five Epigrams on Death and Belief, by Abu l-'Ala' al-Ma'arri 75
- Mystical Ghazal: A Poem by Ibn al-Farid 79
- A Mystical Zajal by al-Shushtari 83
- Two Elegies on the Death of his Concubine, by Ibn Nubatah al-Misrl 85
- A Zajal: An Elegy on the Elephant Marzuq 89
- Rajaz 93
- Early Rajaz 94
- A Few Lines from the Poem of Proverbs by Abu l-'Atahiyah 95
- A Few Lines from The Thousand-liner by Ibn Malik 96
- Light Verse: A Domestic Disaster, by Abu 1-Hakam al Maghribi 97
- "Didactic" Verse: From a Poem on How to Behave in Society, by Ibn Makanis 102
- Prose 109
- Examples of Early Rhymed Prose (Saj') 110
- A Pre-Islamic Tale: The Princess on the Myrtle Leaf (Three Versions) 114
- How the Queen of Sheba Became Queen 117
- Two Stories from Meadows of Gold by al-Mas'udi 119
- Lives of The Poets: al-Farazdaq Tells the Story of Imru' al-Qays and the Girls at the Pond 123
- Bedouin Romance: The Unhappy Love Story of Qays and Lubna 127
- A Parable: The Human Condition, or The Man in the Pit 166
- Mirror for Princes (and Others): Passages from Right Conduct by Ibn al-Muqaffa' 168
- Al-Jahiz on Flies and Other Things 176
- Essayistic Prose: Al-Tawhidi on the Superiority of the Arabs 195
- History as Literature: Al-Amin and al-Ma'mun, the Sons of Harun al-Rashid 208
- Moral Tales and Parables: Passages from The Epistles of the Sincere Brethren 218
- Prose Narrative: Four Stories by al-Tanukhi 225
- The Isfahan Maqamah by Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani 245
- The Debate of Pen and Sword, by Ahmad Ibn Burd al-Asghar 248
- A Visit to Heaven and Hell, by Abu l-'Ala' al-Ma'arri 255
- Poetics: Ibn Rashiq on the Definition and Structure of Poetry 277
- Literary Criticism: From The Secrets of Eloquence by 'Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani 281
- Popular Science: Two Chapters from the Encyclopedia of Animals by al-Damiri 297
- A Section from an Adah Encyclopedia: The Chapter on Stinginess from The Precious and Refined in Every Genre and Kind by al-Ibshihi 305
- A Fairytale: The Tale of the Forty Girls 318
- Erotica: The Young Girl and the Dough Kneader, from The Old Man's Rejuvenation by al-Tifashi 333
- Two Burlesque Stories from Brains Confounded by al-Shirbini 339
- Lyrical Prose: A Visit to the Bath, by al-Haymi al-Kawkabani 345.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Verse -- Prose.
- ISBN:
- 9780814770276
- 0814770274
- 9780814738269
- 0814738265
- 9780814745113
- 0814745113
- 9780814771204
- 0814771203
- OCLC:
- 795181855
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