Title Arabic literature to the end of the Umayyad period / edited by A.F.L. Beeston [and others]

Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 547 pages) : illustrations, maps Series The Cambridge history of Arabic literature Cambridge history of Arabic literature. Contents Background topics / A.F.L. Beeston -- Pre-Islamic poetry / Abdulla el Tayib -- Early Arabic prose / R.B. Serjeant -- The beginnings of Arabic prose literature: the epistolary genre / J.D. Latham -- The role of parallelism in Arabic prose / A.F.L. Beeston -- The Qur'ān-I / R. Paret -- The Qur'ān-II / A. Jones -- Qiṣaṣ elements in the Qur'ān / H.T. Norris -- Aspects of the Qur'ān today / Jacques Jomier -- Ḥadīth literature-I: The development of the science of Ḥadith / Muḥammad Abdul Rauf -- Ḥadīth literature-II: Collection and transmission of Ḥadīth / Nabia Abbott -- Shī'ī Ḥadīth / E. Kohlberg -- Narrative elements in the Ḥadīth literature / Sahair El Calamawy -- European criticism of Ḥadīth literature / N.J. Coulson -- The impact of the Qur'ān and Ḥadīth on medieval Arabic literature / A.M. Zubaidi -- The Maghāzī literature / J.M.B. Jones -- The Sīrah literature / M.J. Kister -- The poetry of the Sīrah literature / James T. Monroe -- Fables and legends in pre-Islamic and early Islamic times / H.T. Norris -- Umayyad poetry / Salma Khadra Jayyusi -- Music and verse / O. Wright -- The Greek impact on Arabic literature / L.E. Goodman -- The Persian impact on Arabic literature / C.E. Bosworth -- The Syrian impact on Arabic literature / R.Y. Ebied -- Appendix: Bibliography of translations of the Qur'ān into European languages / J.D. Pearson -- Glossary -- List of sources Summary This title explores the intellectual, literary and religious heritage of the Arabic-speaking and Islamic world. It begins with the oral verse of the 6th century AD, and ends with the fall of the Umayyad dynasty two centuries later. Major events such as the founding of Islam are discussed Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Arabic literature -- To 622 -- History and criticism Arabic literature -- 622-750 -- History and criticism Arabic literature Intellectual life SUBJECT Islamic Empire -- Intellectual life Subject Islamic Empire Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book Author Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon) LC no. 82023528 ISBN 9780511659409 0511659407 9780511659409 0511826427 9780511826429 1316023486 9781316023488

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