Anthology of Arabic literature, culture, and thought from pre-Islamic times to the present
By: Bassam K. Frangieh.
Series: Yale language series
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 566
Subjects: Arabic language -- Readers -- Literature; Arabic literature
Genres: Readers
Other titles: Arabic literature, culture, and thought from pre-Islamic times to the present.
Description: "This book - the first comprehensive reader of Arabic literature from pre-Islamic times to the present - is an essential work for advanced students of the Arabic language. Presenting seventy works by seventy authors, it includes: pre-Islamic poetry and prose; selections from the Qur'an; the Prophet Muhammad's last sermon; the powerful writing of Ali Ibn Abi Talib the fourth Islamic Caliph; writings from the Golden Age of the Arabs (A.D. 750-1258) in philosophy, mysticism, prose, and poetry; works from the neoclassical, modernist and metaphorical schools; literature of the Arabs in Andalus, Spain; discussions of cultural, literary, critical, and political movements of the present day; and vocabulary lists a list of idioms and notes, a set of questions about the text, and two glossaries."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 565).