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An Introduction to Arabic Literature

By Roger Allen

Book information

Year
2000
ISBN
0521772303, 9780521772303, 9780511010743, 0521776570, 9780521776578
Open Library ID
OL7752960M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1169529 bytes)
Pages
288\285
Topic
Literature Literary
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Roger Allen provides a comprehensive introductory survey of literary texts in Arabic, from their unknown beginnings in the fifth century AD to the present day, and from Islam's sacred text, the Qur'an, to popular literature including The Arabian Nights and a wealth of poetry, narrative prose, drama and criticism. With extensive quotations in English translation, a chronology and a guide to further reading, this revised and abridged version of Allen's acclaimed study, The Arabic Literary Heritage (CUP 1998), provides an invaluable student introduction to a major non-Western literary tradition.

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