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1 online resource (291 pages) |
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Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures ; v. 37 |
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Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures.
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| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments ; List of Illustrations ; Abbreviations; Note on Editions and Manuscripts of the Yatīma and Tatimma ; Chapter 1. The Art of Anthology in Premodern Arabic Literature; Anthology and Adab ; Approaches to the Study of Arabic Literary Anthologies in Modern Scholarship ; Motives for Anthologizing ; A Map of Arabic Poetry Anthologies ; Chapter 2. Life and Legacy of Thaʿālibī; Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī ; Legacy of Thaʿālibī ; Bibliography of Thaʿālibī ; Printed Authentic Works ; Printed, Authenticity Doubtful ; Printed, Authenticity Rejected |
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In Manuscript, Authentic Works In Manuscript, Authenticity Uncertain ; In Manuscript, Authenticity Rejected ; Works Surviving in Quotations ; Lost Works ; Chapter 3. An Anthologist at Work: The Organization and Structure of the Yatīma and Tatimma; Organization; Prominent Litterateurs ; Courts, Dynasties, and Patronage ; Cities and Subregions ; Critical Awareness in the Organization of the Yatīma and Tatimma ; Selection of Material ; The Arrangement of Entries in a Chapter: Proximity and Resemblance ; References and Cross-References ; Cross-References ; References in the Tatimma to the Yatīma |
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Religious Views Training and Education ; Professions ; Families of Litterateurs ; Characterization of Litterateurs and Their Literary Oeuvres ; Geographical Context ; Social Context ; Historical Context ; Comparing Litterateurs ; Knowledge of Persian ; Relations between Contemporaries ; Physical and Character Features ; Patronage; Patron-Littérateur Relations ; Admission to a Court ; Meeting a Patron ; Leaving a Court ; Prison Incidents and Stories ; Description of Courtly Majālis ; Evaluating Literary Production ; Conclusion ; Appendix 1. Outline of Yatīmat al-dahr and Tatimmat al-Yatīma |
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Appendix 2. Sources of Yatīmat al-dahrAppendix 3. Sources of Tatimmat al-Yatīma; Appendix 4. Comparisons between Poets; Bibliography ; Index |
| Summary |
Why did premodern authors in the Arabic-Islamic culture compile literary anthologies, and why were these works remarkably popular? How can an anthology that consists of reproduced material be original and creative, and serve various literary and political ends? How did anthologists select their material, then record and arrange it? This book examines the life and works of Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī (350-429/961-1039), an eminent anthologist from Nīshāpūr, paying special attention to his magnum opus, Yatīmat al-dahr ( The Unique Pearl ), and its sequel, Tatimmat al-Yatīma ( The Completion of the Yatīma ). This book is a direct window on to an anthologist's workshop in the second half of the fourth/tenth century. It examines the methodological consciousness expressed in Thaʿālibī's selection and arrangement, and his sophisticated system of internal references and cross-references to other works; how he selected from his contemporaries' oeuvres; how he sought, recorded, memorized, misplaced, and sometimes lost or forgot his selections; how he scrutinized the authenticity of material, accepting, questioning, or rejecting its attribution; and the errors and inconsistencies that resulted from this process |
| Bibliography |
References to the Earlier Version of the Yatīma References to Other Works by Thaʿālibī ; Later Additions to the Yatīma ; Authenticity and Misattribution ; Forgotten, Lost, and Inconsistent Material ; Chapter 4. The Sources of Thaʿālibī in Yatīmat al-Dahr and Tatimmat al-Yatīma; Written Sources ; Dīwāns; Books; Other Written Media ; Oral and Aural Sources ; Main Guarantors in the Yatīma ; Main Guarantors in the Tatimma ; Conclusion ; Chapter 5. Material within the Entry; Categorization and Arrangement of Material within Entries ; The Biographical Summary ; Dates; Deaths of Poets |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Thaʻālibī, ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad, 961 or 962-1037 or 1038. Yatīmat al-dahr.
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| SUBJECT |
Yatīmat al-dahr (Thaʻālibī, ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad) fast (OCoLC)fst01370744 |
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Anthologies -- History and criticism
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Anthologies.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004317352 |
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900431735X |
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