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Before World Literature : The Trickster Tales of Al-Ḥarīrī in an Age of Commentary.
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete eBook-Package 2026 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Keegan, Matthew L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ḥarīrī, 1054-1122. Maqāmāt--Style.
- Ḥarīrī.
- Ḥarīrī, 1054-1122. Maqāmāt--Criticism and interpretation.
- Literature--Aesthetics.
- Literature.
- Literature and society--Islamic Empire--History.
- Literature and society.
- Arabic literature--750-1258--History and criticism.
- Arabic literature.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- No detailed description available for ""Before World Literature"".
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- A Note on Conventions
- Dramatis Personae: A Very Short History of Ḥarīrian Commentary
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Colonial Economy of Literature: A Seance
- Chapter 2. Reading in Commentary Culture
- Chapter 3. The Social Lives of Manuscripts
- Chapter 4. The Maqāmāt and Its Discontents
- Chapter 5. Theorizing Fiction
- Chapter 6. The Poetics of Islamic Adab
- Chapter 7. Gate-Crashing the Text
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5128-2888-2
- 9781512828887
- OCLC:
- 1543624849
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