Maqamat Abi Zayd al-Saruji
Maqamat Abi Zayd al-Saruji is a scholarly, Arabic-only edition of the celebrated work by al-¿ariri, which is also available in English translation from the Library of Arabic Literature as Impostures. Al-¿ariri's text consists of fifty stories about the adventures of the itinerant con man and master of persuasion Abu Zayd al-Saruji, as told by the equally itinerant and often gullible narrator al-¿arith ibn Hammam. Al-¿ariri was a virtuoso writer of the rhymed prose narrative genre known as the maqamah, which would continue as a popular literary form into the twentieth century.An Arabic edition with an Arabic foreword and English scholarly appa…
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Weitere Autoren: Cooperson, Michael (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4798-0089-6
- EAN: 9781479800896
- Produktnummer: 32892968
- Verlag: New York University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 352 S.
- Masse: H15.9 cm x B23.6 cm x D2.7 cm 658 g
- Gewicht: 658
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
al-¿ariri (Author) Al-¿ariri (d. 516/1122) was a poet, scholar, and government official from Basra, Iraq. He is celebrated for his virtuosity in producing rhymed prose narratives, the Maqamat.Michael Cooperson (Editor) Michael Cooperson is Professor of Arabic in the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures at UCLA. His translations include The Life of Ibn ¿anbal by Ibn al-Jawzi for the Library of Arabic Literature, and The Author and His Doubles by the eminent Moroccan literary critic Abdelfattah Kilito.Abdelfattah Kilito (Foreword by) Abdelfattah Kilito is the author of several acclaimed studies of Arabic literature, including Arabs and the Art of Storytelling and a study of the maqamat genre. He is the recipient of the Great Moroccan Award, the Al Owais Award for Criticism and Literature Studies, and a Prix from the Académie Française.
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