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Portrait of an eighth-century gentleman : Khālid ibn Ṣafwān in history and literature / by Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila.
Van Pelt Library PJ7700.K53 H36 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hämeen-Anttila, Jaakko, author.
- Series:
- Handbook of Oriental studies. Near and Middle East (2014) ; Section 1, v. 141.
- Handbook of Oriental studies. Section one, The Near and Middle East = Handbuch der Orientalistik, 0169-9423 ; volume 141
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Khālid ibn Ṣafwān al-Qannāṣ, active 8th century--Criticism and interpretation.
- Khālid ibn Ṣafwān al-Qannāṣ.
- Khālid ibn Ṣafwān al-Qannāṣ, active 8th century.
- Arabic prose literature--622-750--History and criticism.
- Arabic prose literature.
- Speeches, addresses, etc., Arabic--History and criticism.
- Speeches, addresses, etc., Arabic.
- Khālid ibn Ṣafwān al-Qannāṣ, active 8th century--In literature.
- Khālid ibn Ṣafwān al-Qannāṣ, active 8th century--Translations into English.
- Muslim scholars--Islamic Empire--Biography.
- Muslim scholars.
- Orators.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Islamic Empire.
- Orators--Islamic Empire--Biography.
- Literature.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Translations.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 272 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Portrait of an Eighth-Century Gentleman. Khālid ibn Ṣafwān in History and Literature by Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila is an in-depth study of the eighth-century Umayyad and early Abbasid orator and courtier Khālid ibn Ṣafwān and the development of his character in adab literature. The book collects and translates all his sayings and stories about him culled from a wide range of Arabic and Persian texts. In the book, Hämeen-Anttila studies the mechanisms of change in early narratives, showing how Arabic anecdotes developed and were modified by a series of authors during both their oral and literary transmission, changing a historical person into a literary character. Detailed chapters discuss Khālid in his various roles and analyse the literary techniques of the stories"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-264) and indexes.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hämeen-Anttila, Jaakko, Portrait of an eighth-century gentleman
- ISBN:
- 9789004433960
- 9004433961
- OCLC:
- 1154890980
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