Title Ḥikāyat abī al-qas̄im : a literary banquet / Emily Selove

Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource Series Edinburgh studies in Classical Arabic literature Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature. Contents Introduction -- 1 A Sampling of the Ḥikāya -- 2 A Microcosm Introduced -- 3 Crashing the Text -- 4 Mujūn is a Crazy Game -- 5 The Cosmic Crasher -- Conclusion -- Index Summary This study compares Ḥikāyah, a mysterious text surviving in a single manuscript, to other comical banquet texts and party-crashing characters, especially from Ancient Greece and Rome Notes First published in hardback in 2016 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record Subject Azdī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad. Ḥikāyat Abī al-Qāsim al-Baghdādī. Parasitism (Social sciences) in literature. Arabic literature -- 750-1258 -- History and criticism Dinners and dining in literature. Arabic literature Dinners and dining in literature Parasitism (Social sciences) in literature Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book Author JSTOR (Organization) ISBN 9781474402323 1474402321

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