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Author Brockelmann, Carl, 1868-1956, author.

Title History of the Arabic written tradition. Volume 1 / by Carl Brockelmann ; translated by Joep Lameer ; with a preface by Jan Just Witkam
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 593 pages)
Series Handbook of Oriental studies. Section one, The Near and Middle East ; volume 117/1
Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; Bd. 117/1.
Contents Brockelmann's Geschichte Revisited Once More; Translator's Note; Introduction; I The Task of Literary History; II Sources and Early Accounts of the Literary History of the Arabs; III Division of the History of Arabic Literature; First Book The National Literature of the Arabs; First Section From the Beginnings until the Appearance of Muammad; Supplement I; For Chapters 1-6, see Supplement Volume I; Chapter 7. The Six Poets; Chapter 8. Other Poets of Pre-Islamic Times; Chapter 9. Jewish and Christian Poets before Islam; Chapter 10. The Beginnings of Arabic Prose
Second SectionMuammad and His TimeChapter 1. Muammad the Prophet; Chapter 2. The Qurʼān; Chapter 3. Labīd and al-Ashā; Chapter 4. assān b. Thābit; Chapter 5. Kab b. Zuhayr; Chapter 6. Mutammin b. Nuwayra; Chapter 7. Al-Khansāʼ; Chapter 8. Abū Mijan and al-uayʼa; Chapter 9. Minor Poets; Chapter 10. Two Forgeries; Third Section The Period of the Umayyads; Chapter 1. General Characteristics; Chapter 2. Umar b. Abī Rabīa; Chapter 3. Other Poets in Arabia; Chapter 4. Al-Akhal; Chapter 5. Al-Farazdaq; Chapter 6. Jarīr; Chapter 7. Dhu ʼl-Rumma; Chapter 8. The Rajaz Poets
Chapter 9. Minor PoetsChapter 10. Prose Writing at the Time of the Umayyads; Second Book Islamic Literature in the Arabic Language; First section The Classical Period from ca. 750 until ca. 1000; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Poetry; A The Poets of Baghdad; B Poets of Iraq and the Jazīra; C Poets from Arabia and Syria; D The Circle of Sayf al-Dawla; E Egyptian and North African Poets; Chapter 3. Rhymed Prose; Chapter 4. Philology; I The School of Basra; II The School of Kufa; III The School of Baghdad; IV Linguistics in Persia and the East; V Linguistics in Egypt and Spain
Chapter 4. Historiography1 The Life of Muammad; 2 Urban History; 3 The History of the Pre-Islamic Arabs; 4 Imperial and World History; 5 Cultural and Literary History; 6 The History of Egypt and North Africa; 7 The History of Spain; Chapter 5. Belles Lettres in Prose; Chapter 6. adīth; Chapter 7. Fiqh; 1 The anafīs; 2 The Mālikīs; 3 The Shāfiīs; 4 The Lesser Schools; 5 The Shīa; 1 The Zaydīs; 2 The Imāmīs; Chapter 8. Sciences of the Qurʼān; 1 The Reading of the Qurʼān; 2 Qurʼānic Exegesis; Chapter 9. Dogmatics; Chapter 10. Mysticism; Chapter 11. The Translators; Chapter 12. Philosophy
Chapter 13. MathematicsChapter 14. Astronomy and Astrology; Chapter 15. Geography; Chapter 16. Medicine; Chapter 17. Natural and Occult Sciences; Chapter 18. Encyclopaedias; Second Section The Post-Classical Period of Islamic Literaturefrom ca. 400/1000 until ca. 656/1258; Chapter 1. Poetry; A Poets of Baghdad, Iraq, and the Jazīra; B Persian Poets; C Syrian Poets; D Arabian Poets; E Egyptian Poets; F North African and Sicilian Poets; G Spanish Poets; Chapter 2. Rhymed Prose and Stylistics; Chapter 3. Philology; 1 Philology in Iraq; 2 Philology in Persia and Neighbouring Countries
Summary Brockelmann's History of the Arabic Written Tradition offers bio-bibliographic information about works written in Arabic and their authors, with an emphasis on manuscripts from the classical period. This originally multivolume reference work is divided in chronologically organized sections, which are subdivided by literary genre. Individual entries typically consist of a biographical section and a list of the author's works in manuscript and print, with references to secondary literature. The "Brockelmann," now also available in English, is an indispensable research tool for anyone working on the Islamic world in general and the Middle East in particular
Notes Translated from the German
Originally published as Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur in 1898 and 1902 -- Title page verso of volume 1
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 16, 2016)
Subject Arabic literature -- History and criticism
LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
Arabic literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Lameer, Joep, translator.
Witkam, J. J., writer of preface
LC no. 2016041105
ISBN 9789004326262
900432626X
Other Titles Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur. English