Contrariness in Classical Arabic Literature: Beautifying the Ugly and Uglifying the Beautiful by Abū Manṣūr Al-Thaʿālibī - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Geert Jan van GelderSeries:Brill Studies in Middle Eastern LiteraturesPublish date:2024-03-26Pages:236
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004691001ISBN-10:9004691006UPC:9789004691001Book Category:History, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Asia, Middle East, Ancient, Classical & MedievalProduct ID:SCN69RH1A7
In his Beautifying the Ugly and Uglifying the Beautiful (Taḥsīn al-qabīḥ wa-taqbīḥ al-ḥasan) the prolific anthologist al-Thaʿālibī (d. 429/1038) offers a thematically arranged selection of Arabic poems and prose anecdotes or sayings with contrary or paradoxical purport, such as praise of miserliness, boredom, sickness, and death, or condemnation of generosity, intelligence, youth, and music. The book is both entertaining and informative, giving insight in premodern Arab and Islamic culture. It contains a new edition of the Arabic text and a complete English translation (the first in any language) with extensive annotation, preceded by an introduction with the necessary background of the genre.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004691001ISBN-10:9004691006UPC:9789004691001Book Category:History, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Asia, Middle East, Ancient, Classical & MedievalProduct ID:SCN69RH1A7
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