Hilary Kilpatrick

Making the Great Book of Songs

Compilation and the Author's Craft in Abû I-Faraj Al-Isbahânî's Kitâb Al-Aghânî

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first systematic literary study of one of the masterpieces of classical Arabic literature, the fourth/tenth century Kitâb al-aghânî (The Book of Songs) by Abû I-Faraj al-Isbahânî.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 647g
• ISBN-13: 9780415595841
• ISBN-10: 0415595843
• Artikelnr.: 34009162

Autorenporträt

Hilary Kilpatrick studied Arabic at Oxford. She has taught at the universities of St. Andrews, UK, Nijmegen, The Netherlands and Bern, Switzerland, and now works as an independent scholar in Lausanne. She is one of the editors of the Arabic and Middle Eastern Literatures series, and has published on modern Arabic fiction and classical Arabic belles-lettres , and has made some translations from modern Arabic literature.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Modern Research on the Kitâb al-aghânî 2. Abû I-Faraj's Life, Times and
Works 3. Abû I-Faraj's Interventions: Songs and Singers 4. Abû I-Faraj's
Interventions: Poetry and Poets 5. Abû I-Faraj's Interventions: Prose
akhbâr and the Arrangement of Material 6. Articles on Songs, Events and
Relationships 7. Articles on Personalities 8. Connections between Articles:
The Common Fund of Material 9. Ordering the Material: The Framework of
Introductory Songs