Classical Arabic stories : an anthology / edited by Salma Khadra Jayyusi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jayyusi, Salma Khadra.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic literature--Translations into English.

Arabic literature.

Arab countries--Literatures.

Arab countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Short fiction was an immensely popular art in the medieval and premodern Arab world, providing the perfect vehicle for transmitting the tenets of classical Islam. Reading these texts today illuminates the wide spectrum of early Arab life and suggests the influences and innovations that flourished so vibrantly in medieval Arab society. The only resource of its kind, Salma Khadra Jayyusi's Classical Arabic Stories chooses from an impressive corpus, including excerpts from six seminal works: Ibn Tufail's novel, Hayy ibn Yaqzan; Ibn al-Muqaffa's Kalila wa Dimna; The Misers of al-Jahiz; The Bret

Contents:

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. Pre-Islamic Tales; 1. The Sons of Nizar; 2. The Priestess of the Banu Sa'd; 3. Faithfulness and Sense of Honor; 4. Al-Nu'man's Outfit; 5. A Lowly Man Gains a Wife; 6. A Charitable Gift; 7. A Cunning Message; 8. A Noble Wife; 9. The Exile of al-Harith ibn Midad; 10. The Story of the CaveWhere Shaddad ibn 'Aad Was; 11. Luqman; II. Tales of Rulers and OtherNotable Persons; 12. 'Amara the Faqihand 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan; 13. The Justice of 'Adud al-Dawla; 14. The Piety of 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz

15. A Furthur Story of 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz16.The Chief of Police and Caliph al-Hadi; 17. At Khosrow's Court; 18. An Arab at Khosrow's Court; 19. I Take Refuge in Your Justice, Prince of the Faithful; 20. Tricked She Was; 21. Um Asya the Midwife and the Palace of Khumarawayh; 22. Yazid and Habbaba; 23. A Ruse of Mu'awiya; 24. Caliph 'Umar and the Soldier's Wife; 25. Al-Akhtal Imprisoned in a Church; 26. A Miserly Governor; 27. All Lies; 28. Two Great Musicians; 29. An Attendant of al-Hallaj Fasts for Fifteen Days; 30. A Vizier Removes a Dessert Stain with Ink

31. How a Baghdadi Chiefof Police Questioned Suspects32. God Alone Be Thanked; 33. Al-Hajjaj Orders the Torture of Azadmard; 34. Iyas as Judge; 35. The Wisdom of Judge Iyas; 36. Why a Judge Pardoned a Fraudster; III. Tales of Dangerand Warfare; 37. Ma'n ibn Za'ida and the Black Man; 38. Al-Mansour's Pride; 39. With the Byzantines; 40. Muslims at the Court of China; 41. Greed and Treason; 42. Consequences of Oppression; 43. Avoiding a Conflict; 44. The Byzantine Rulers and the Muslim Prisoners; 45. From The Lion and the Diver; IV. Tales of Religion; 46. The Tale of Ka'b ibn Malek

47. The Tale of Jurayj the Worshipper48. The Tale of the Crevice People,and of the Magician, the Monk,and the Young Man; 49. The Tale of the Leper,the Bald Man, and the Blind Man; 50. Virtue and Divine Reward; 51. A Vision of the Next World; V. Comic Tales:Tales of Juha; 52. Juha as a Vehicle for Satire; 53. The Comic Wit of Juha; 54. Juha the Fool; 55. The Logic of Juha; 56. Juha the Judge; Other Comic Tales; 57. Abu 'l-Qasim's Slippers; 58. The Party Crashers; 59. Me Too?; 60. A Quick-Witted Prisoner; 61. Al-Hajjaj and al-Muttalib; 62. A Cunning Marriage Broker; 63. Forgery on a Shaky Boat

64. A Tempting WagerVI. Tales of the Strangeor Supernatural; 65. The Strangest Story; 66. I Shall Never Eat Elephant Flesh; 67. A Dream Come True; 68. The Body Snatcher; 69. The Old Tailor and His UntimelyCall to Prayer; 70. Crime and Punishment; 71. An Unlucky Encounter; 72. The Man and the Lark; 73. Two Surrealist Stories from the Desert; 74. The Story of Tamim al-Dari; VII. Tales of Love; 75. A Love Story; 76. A Strange Vow; 77. A Merchant and His Wife; 78. A Final Meeting; 79. A Party Crasher's Reward; 80. Parting and Reunion; VIII. Excerpts from Seven Major Classical Works

81. From Ibn Tufail, Hayy ibn Yaqzan

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612872273

9781282872271

1282872273

9780231520270

0231520271

OCLC:

716215644