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With contributions from specialists in different areas of classical Islamic thought, this accessible volume explores the ways in which medieval Muslims saw, interpreted and represented the world around them in their writings. Focusing mainly on the eighth to tenth centuries AD, known as the 'formative period of Islamic thought', the book examines historiography, literary prose and Arabic prose genres which do not fall neatly into either category.Filling a gap in the literature by providing detailed discussions of both primary texts and recent scholarship, Writing and Repre

Arabic literature --- History and criticism. --- 750-1258 --- History and criticism --- 1258-1800 --- Littérature arabe --- Islam et littérature --- Histoire et critique

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This book fills a long-standing gap in Arabic-Islamic studies. Following the informative and entertaining style of adab literature and based on a large number of relevant sources from a wide range of genres, Hasan Shuraydi presents a panoramic view of relevant themes that concern youth and old age in Medieval Arabic literature intended for both specialists and non-specialists. A pattern of binary oppositions runs through such themes, e.g., black/white, male/female, husband/wife, sacred/profane, paradise/this world, ignorance/wisdom, past/present, young/old, new/old, health/disease, sappy/dry, permitted/forbidden, lust/chastity, obedience/disobedience, experience/inexperience, folly/reason, sobriety/intoxication, parent/child, celibacy/marriage, present life/hereafter. Themes discussed include: aging, ambition, aphrodisiacs, beauty, education, feminist trends, hair dyeing, homosexuality, honoring age, jihad, life stages, longevity, love, marriage, sex.

Aging in literature --- Arabic literature / 1258-1800 / History and criticism --- Arabic literature / 750-1258 / History and criticism --- Old age in literature --- Youth in literature --- Alter --- Jugend --- Literatur --- Klassisches Arabisch --- Adab --- Littérature arabe --- Vieillissement --- Jeunesse --- Histoire et critique --- Dans la littérature --- Alter. --- Dans la littérature. --- Histoire et critique. --- Jugend. --- Literatur. --- Arabic literature --- Old age in literature. --- Aging in literature. --- Youth in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Older people in literature --- Adab. --- Klassisches Arabisch.