Making the Great Book of Songs
Subtitle: Compilation and the Author's Craft in Abu I-Faraj al-Isbahani's Kitab al-aghani (Routledgecurzon Studies in Arabic and Middle Eastern Literature)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: November 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780700717019
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Kitåab al-aghåanåi; Genres & Styles - Folk & Traditional; Middle Eastern; Abåu l-Faraj al-Iòsbahåanåi,; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Arabic; Music; Islamic Empire; Intellectual life; African; Abu l-Faraj al-Isbahani; Music / Folk & Traditional; Abu l-Faraj al-Isbahani,; Ethnic; Islam - History; 897 or 8-967; 897 or 8-967.; Abåu al-Faraj al-Iòsbahåanåi,; Kitab al-aghani
First sentence: Abu l-Faraj al-Isbahanis Kitab al-aghani has attracted the interest of scholars for close on two hundred years now.