Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

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.

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

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

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.