Arabic Literature in the Post-Classical Period (The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature)

Cambridge University Press, 4/13/2006
EAN 9780521771603, ISBN10: 0521771609

Hardcover, 492 pages, 23.6 x 16.3 x 3.3 cm
Language: English

The final volume of The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature explores the Arabic literary heritage of the little-known period from the twelfth to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Even though it was during this time that the famous Thousand and One Nights was composed, very little has been written on the literature of the period generally. In this volume Roger Allen and Donald Richards bring together some of the most distinguished scholars in the field to rectify the situation. The volume is divided into parts with the traditions of poetry and prose covered separately within both their 'elite' and 'popular' contexts. The last two sections are devoted to drama and the indigenous tradition of literary criticism. As the only work of its kind in English covering the post-classical period, this book promises to be a unique resource for students and scholars of Arabic literature for many years to come.

The Post-Classical Period
Parameters and Preliminaries Roger Allen
Part I. Elite Poetry
1. Arabic poetry in the post-classical age Salma Khadra Jayyusi
2. Poetic creativity in the sixteenth-eighteenth centuries Lutfi Al-Yousfi
3. Arabic religious poetry, 1200-1800 Th. Emil Homerin
4. The role of the pre-modern
the generic characteristics of the band Abdallah Ibrahim
Part II. Elite Prose
5. Pre-modern belletrist prose Muhsin Al-Musawi
6. The essay and debate (al-ris*la, al-mun*zara) Jaakko Hameen-Anttilla
7. The maq*ma Devin Stewart
8. Mamluk history and historians Robert Irwin
9. Historiography in Arabic during the Ottoman period Michael Winter
Part III. Popular Poetry
10. Popular poetry in the post-classical period, 1150–1850 A.D. Margaret Larkin
Part IV. Popular Prose
11. Popular prose in the post-classical period Dwight Reynolds
12. A Thousand and One Nights
a history of the text and its reception Dwight Reynolds
13. s*rat 'antar ibn shadd*d Remke Kruk
14. S*rat Ban* Hil*l Dwight Reynolds
15. Other s*ras and popular narratives Peter Heath
16. Popular religious narratives Kamal Abdel-Malek
Part V. Drama
17. Drama in the post-classical period
a survey Rosella Dorigo
18. pre-modern drama Philip Sadgrove
Part VI. Criticism
19. Criticism in the post-classical period
a survey William Smyth.