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Classical Arabic literature : a library of Arabic literature anthology / selected and translated by Geert Jan van Gelder

Published
New York : New York University Press, [2013]
Copyright Date
©2013
Physical Description
xxviii, 468 pages ; 23 cm.
Additional Creators
Gelder, G. J. H. van

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Language Note
Parallel Arabic text and English translation.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Verse -- A Qasidah by 'Abid ibn al-Abras -- A Qasidah by 'Alqamah ibn 'Abadah -- A Qasidah by al-Muthaqqib al-'Abdi -- An Elegy (Marthiyah) by al-Khansa' -- Polemics in Verse: An Invective Qasidah by al-Akhtal and a Reply by Jarir -- Love in the Desert: A Qasidah by Dhu 1-Rummah -- An Umayyad Ghazal Poem, used as an Abbasid Song Text -- An 'Udhri Ghazal attributed to Majnun Layla -- An Umayyad Ghazal by 'Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah -- A Love Poem by Umm Khalid -- Anti-Arab, Pro-Iranian Lampoon (Hija') by Bashshar ibn Burd -- A Modern (Muhdath) Ghazal Epigram by Abu Nuwas -- A Ghazal by Abu Nuwas: On a Boy Called All -- Two Wine Poems by Abu Nuwas -- A Lampooning Epigram (Hija') by Abu Nuwas -- A Ghazal Poem by al-'Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf -- Three Love Epigrams by 'Ulayyah bint al-Mahdi -- A Poem of Asceticism (Zuhdiyyah) by Abu l-'Atahiyah -- Ibn al-Rumi: On His Poetry -- A Qasidah by Ibn al-Rumi: A Party at 'Abd al-Malik ibn Salih al-Hashimi's -- A Panegyric Qasidah by al-Buhturi -- A Victory Ode by al-Mutanabbi: The Qasidah on Sayf al-Dawlah's Recapture of the Fortress of al-Hadath -- Nature Poetry: Two Epigrams by Ibn Khafajah -- Strophic Poem: A Muwashshahah by al-A'ma al-Tutili -- An Anonymous Muwashshahah from Spain -- There Descended to You: A Philosophical Allegory by Ibn Sina -- Five Epigrams on Death and Belief, by Abu l-'Ala' al-Ma'arri -- Mystical Ghazal: A Poem by Ibn al-Farid -- A Mystical Zajal by al-Shushtari -- Two Elegies on the Death of his Concubine, by Ibn Nubatah al-Misri -- A Zajal: An Elegy on the Elephant Marzuq -- Rajaz -- Early Rajaz -- A Few Lines from the Poem of Proverbs by Abu l-Atahiyah -- A Few Lines from The Thousand-liner by Ibn Malik -- Light Verse: A Domestic Disaster, by Abu l-Hakam al Maghribi -- "Didactic" Verse: From a Poem on How to Behave in Society, by Ibn Makanis -- Prose -- Examples of Early Rhymed Prose (Saj') -- A Pre-Islamic Tale: The Princess on the Myrtle Leaf (Three Versions) -- How the Queen of Sheba Became Queen -- Two Stories from Meadows of Gold by al-Mas'udi -- Lives of The Poets: al-Farazdaq Tells the Story of Imru' al-Qays and the Girls at the Pond -- Bedouin Romance: The Unhappy Love Story of Qays and Lubna -- A Parable: The Human Condition, or The Man in the Pit -- Mirror for Princes (and Others): Passages from Right Conduct by Ibn al-Muqaffa' -- Al-Jahiz on Flies and Other Things -- Essayistic Prose: Al-Tawhidi on the Superiority of the Arabs -- History as Literature: Al-Amin and al-Ma'mun, the Sons of Harun al-Rashid.
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ISBN
9780814770276 (cl : alk. paper)
0814770274 (cl : alk. paper)
9780814738269 (pb : alk. paper)
0814738265 (pb : alk. paper)
Note
Verse -- Prose.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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