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The Arabic novel : an historical and critical introduction
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ISBN: 0950788503 9780950788500 Year: 1982 Volume: 4 Publisher: Manchester: University of Manchester,

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An introduction to Arabic literature
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ISBN: 0521772303 0511800754 0511049757 051115111X 1280159049 0511310471 0511118414 1107119650 Year: 2000 Publisher: New York : Cambridge University Press,

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Roger Allen provides a comprehensive introductory survey of literary texts in Arabic, from their unknown beginnings in the fifth century AD to the present. The volume focuses on the major genres of Arabic literature, dealing with Islam's sacred text, the Qur'an, and a wealth of poetry, narrative prose, drama and criticism. Allen reveals the continuities that link the creative output of the present day to the illustrious literary heritage of the past and incorporates an enormously rich body of popular literature typified most famously by The Arabian Nights. The volume is informed by Western critical approaches, but within each chapter the emphasis is on the texts themselves, with extensive quotations in English translation. Reference features include a chronology and a guide to further reading. A revised and abridged version of Allen's acclaimed study, The Arabic Literary Heritage, this book provides an invaluable student introduction to a major non-Western literary tradition.

An introduction to Arabic literature
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ISBN: 9780521772303 9780511800757 9780521776578 0521776570 0521772303 0511010745 0511118414 0511310471 1280159049 051115111X 0511049757 0511800754 1107119650 9780511010743 0511034512 9780511034510 9780511151118 9780511049750 9780511118418 Year: 2000 Publisher: Cambridge New York Melbourne Cambridge University Press

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Roger Allen provides a comprehensive introductory survey of literary texts in Arabic, from their unknown beginnings in the fifth century AD to the present day. The volume focuses on the major genres of Arabic literature, dealing with Islam's sacred text, the Qur'an, and a wealth of poetry, narrative prose, drama and criticism. Allen reveals the continuities that link the creative output of the present day to the illustrious literary heritage of the past and incorporates an enormously rich body of popular literature typified most famously by The Arabian Nights. The volume is informed by Western critical approaches, but within each chapter the emphasis is on the texts themselves, with extensive quotations in English translation. Reference features include a chronology and a guide to further reading. A revised and abridged version of Allen's acclaimed study, The Arabic Literary Heritage, this book provides an invaluable student introduction to a major non-Western literary tradition.

Arabic literature in the post-classical period / edited by Roger Allen and D.S. Richards
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ISBN: 9780521771603 0521771609 9781139053990 113905399X 9780511467370 0511467370 9781139053990 9781139939355 1139939351 1139929623 9781139929622 1139937049 9781139937047 1139931792 9781139931793 1139933841 9781139933841 1139930850 1139927582 Year: 2006 Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge university press,

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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.

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