What 'Isa ibn Hisham Told Us : Or, A Period of Time / Muhammad al-Muwaylihi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muwayliḥī, Muḥammad, Author.

Contributor:

Allen, Roger

Golia, Maria.

Series:

Library of Arabic literature.

Library of Arabic Literature ; 37

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Muwayliḥī, Muḥammad--aut--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut author.

Muwayliḥī, Muḥammad.

Arabic prose literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Arabic prose literature.

Maqamah.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (422 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New York University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English and Arabic.

Summary:

Trenchant and witty critiques of life in Cairo under British ruleWhat 'Isa ibn Hisham Told Us is a masterpiece of early twentieth-century Arabic prose. Penned by the Egyptian journalist Muhammad al-Muwaylihi, this highly original work was first introduced in serialized form in his family’s pioneering newspaper Misbah al-Sharq (Light of the East) and later published in book form in 1907. Widely hailed for its erudition and mordant wit, What 'Isa ibn Hisham Told Us was embraced by Egypt’s burgeoning reading public and soon became required reading for generations of school students.Bridging classical genres and modern Arabic fiction, What 'Isa ibn Hisham Told Us is divided into two parts. Sarcastic in tone and critical in outlook, the first part of the book relates the excursions of its narrator, 'Isa ibn Hisham, and his companion, the Pasha, through a rapidly westernizing Cairo and provides vivid commentary on a society negotiating—however imperfectly—the clash between traditional norms and imported cultural values. The second half takes the narrator to Paris to visit the Exposition Universelle of 1900, where al-Muwaylihi casts a critical eye on European society, modernity, and the role of Western imperialism as it ripples across the globe.Paving the way for the modern Arabic novel, What 'Isa ibn Hisham Told Us is invaluable both for its insight into colonial Egypt and its pioneering role in Arabic literary history.

Contents:

What 'Isa ibn Hisham Told Us

Frontmatter

Letter from the General Editor

About this Paperback

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Note on the Translation

Notes to the Introduction

What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 21, September 8, 1898

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 23, September 22, 1898

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 24, September 29, 1898

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 30, November 10, 1898

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 31, November 17, 1898

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 32, November 24, 1898

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 34, December 8, 1898

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 35, December 15, 1898

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 39, January 12, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 40, January 19, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 41, January 26, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 42, February 2, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 43, February 9, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 44, February 16, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 48, March 23, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 49, March 30, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 50, April 6, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 54, May 11, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 55, May 18, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 57, June 1, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 58, June 8, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 59, June 15, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 63, July 13, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 64, July 20, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 68, August 17, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 69, August 24, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 71, September 7, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 72, September 14, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 74, September 28, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 80, November 9, 1899

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 87, January 4, 1900

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 88, January 11, 1900

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 89, January 18, 1900

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 90, January 25, 1900

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 91, February 8, 1900

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 92, February 15, 1900

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 103, May 11, 1900

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 104, May 18, 1900

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 105, May 25, 1900

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 106, June 1, 1900

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 107, June 8, 1900

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 116, August 17, 1900

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 117, August 34, 1900

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 118, August 31, 1900

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 121, September 21, 1900

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 123, October 5, 1900

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 126, October 26, 1900

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 130, November 23, 1900

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 133, December 14, 1900

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 192, February 14, 1902

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 193, February 21, 1902

Miṣbāḥ al-sharq 196, March 14, 1902

Notes

Glossary of Names and Terms

Bibliography

Index

About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute

About the Translator

The Library of Arabic Literature

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

1-4798-3671-0

OCLC:

1004956911