History of the Arabic written tradition. Supplement. Volume 1 / by Carl Brockelmann ; translated by Joep Lameer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brockelmann, Carl, author.

Contributor:

Lameer, Joep, translator.

Series:

Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East 117/3.

Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 the near and Middle East, 0169-9423 ; Volume 117/1

Standardized Title:

Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Arabic literature--History and criticism.

Arabic literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1,047 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, [Netherlands] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2016.

Summary:

The present English translation reproduces the original German of Carl Brockelmann’s Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur (GAL) as accurately as possible. In the interest of user-friendliness the following emendations have been made in the translation: Personal names are written out in full, except b . for ibn ; Brockelmann’s transliteration of Arabic has been adapted to comply with modern standards for English-language publications; modern English equivalents are given for place names, e.g. Damascus, Cairo, Jerusalem, et cetera; several erroneous dates have been corrected, and the page references to the two German editions have been retained in the margin, except in the Supplement volumes, where new references to the first two English volumes have been inserted.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

The National Literature of the Arabs

First Section From the Beginnings until the Appearance of Muḥammad

Second Section Muḥammad and His Time

Third Section The Period of the Umayyads

The Decline of Islamic Literature

First Section The Classical Period from circa 750 until circa 1000

Second Section The post-Classical Period of Islamic Literature, from circa 400/1000 until circa 656/1258.

Notes:

Originally published as Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur in 1898 and 1902 -- Title page verso of volume 1.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 12, 2017).

ISBN:

90-04-33462-9

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004334625 DOI