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An Introduction to Arabic Literature
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An Introduction to Arabic Literature Trade paperback - 2000

by Roger Allen

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Cambridge University Press, July 2000. Trade Paperback. VG. used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.
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  • Title An Introduction to Arabic Literature
  • Author Roger Allen
  • Binding Trade Paperback
  • Edition Third Printing
  • Condition Used - VG
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, U.S.A.
  • Date July 2000
  • Abridged Yes
  • Features Abridged
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1104429
  • ISBN 9780521776578 / 0521776570
  • Weight 0.89 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.99 x 6.04 x 0.63 in (22.83 x 15.34 x 1.60 cm)
  • Reading level 1570
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Arab World
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
  • Library of Congress subjects Arabic literature - History and criticism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99053418
  • Dewey Decimal Code 892.709

Summary

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. The volume focuses on the major genres of Arabic literature, dealing with Islam's sacred text, the Qur'an, and a wealth of poetry, narrative prose, drama and criticism. Allen reveals the continuities that link the creative output of the present day to the illustrious literary heritage of the past and incorporates an enormously rich body of popular literature typified most famously by The Arabian Nights. The volume is informed by Western critical approaches, but within each chapter the emphasis is on the texts themselves, with extensive quotations in English translation. Reference features include a chronology and a guide to further reading. A revised and abridged version of Allen's acclaimed study, The Arabic Literary Heritage, this book provides an invaluable student introduction to a major non-Western literary tradition.

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In this chapter I will make use of several of the terms found in the title and subtitle as conduits for a brief discussion of the book's aims and methods.

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  • Choice, 07/01/2001, Page 1954

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