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An anthology of Arabic literature: from the classical to the modern

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ISBN	9781474410793 (pbk.)
ISBN	1474410793 (pbk.)
Title	An anthology of Arabic literature : from the classical to the modern / selected and translated by Tarif Khalidi
Publisher	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2016
Physical desc.	xix, 166 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-164) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Pt. 1: Pre-modern texts. Section 1: Poetry. Mock-heroic -- Bedouin chivalry -- Frivolous love -- Melancholy -- Heretical verse -- Elegies I -- Humour -- Poets and their daughters -- Elegies II -- Elegies III: humorous -- Exile -- Imagery -- Poetic fragments by various poets -- Seduction -- Section II: Prose. Jahiz -- Animal fables -- Snappy answers -- Heretics -- Psychology -- Foreign lands -- Literary anecdotes -- Argument -- Sexuality -- Reflections on history -- History: direct witnesses -- Society -- Sufism (Islamic mysticism) -- Proverbs and aphorisms -- Literary judgements -- Reflections on the state -- Polemic -- Jesus -- Wisdom literature -- Pt. 2: Modern texts. Section 1: Poetry. Political protest -- Heretics -- Jesus -- Elegies -- Section 2: Prose. Popular historiography -- Short stories -- Feminism -- Personal experience -- Humour -- Jesus -- Personal experiences of war -- Heretics -- Foreign lands -- Political writings: editorials -- Muslim law -- Aphorisms for our times.
Subject	Arabic literature -- Translations into English
Subject	Arabic poetry -- Translations into English
Added name(s)	Khalidi, Tarif 1938-

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