Anthology of Arabic Literature, Culture, and Thought from Pre-Islamic Times to the Present
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Bassam K. Frangieh
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- 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” (750-1258 A.D.) 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;
- vocabulary lists, a list of idioms and notes, a set of questions about the text, and two glossaries.
Bassam K. Frangieh is professor of Arabic at Claremont-McKenna College.
"An excellent survey of the Arabic literary tradition, covering poetry, religious texts, grammar and linguistics, literary criticism, belles lettres, religious thought and philosophy, novels, and drama."—Jamal Ali, Hunter College, CUNY
"With its comprehensive coverage of the intellectual and literary Arab-Islamic heritage, this book will be very useful in advanced Arabic classes."—Mahdi Alosh, Ohio State University
"This exciting and useful reader fills a gap that exists in the availability of textual materials in Arabic at a level beyond that of the first two or three years of instruction."—Roger Allen, University of Pennsylvania
Publication Date: September 10, 2004
