02803cam a2200385 a 4500 338386 BD-DhUL 20170124173541.0 821208s1983 enk b b 001 0 eng d 82023528 GB83-35623 0521240158 (OCoLC)9081845 338386 DLC eng DLC DLC LC ANL BD-DhUL ma----- PJ7510 .A8 1983 892.709 ARA Arabic literature to the end of the Umayyad period / edited by A.F.L. Beeston ... [et al.]. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983. xvi, 547 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. IRS 2165.00 The Cambridge history of Arabic literature Includes index. "Bibliography of translations of the Qur��an into European languages": p. 502-520. Bibliography: p. 530-539. Includes index. Machine derived contents note: Editorial introduction -- Maps -- 1. Background topics A. F. L. Beeston -- 2. Pre-Islamic poetry Abdulla el Tayib -- 3. Early Arabic prose R. B. Serjeant -- 4. The beginnings of Arabic prose literature: the epistolary genre J. D. Latham -- 5. The role of parallelism in Arabic prose A. F. L. Beeston -- 6. The Qur'an - I R. Paret -- 7. The Qur'an - II A. Jones -- 8. Qisas elements in the Qur'an H. T. Norris -- 9. Aspects of the Qur'an today Jacques Jomier -- 10. Hadith literature - I: the development of the science of Hadith Muhammad Abdul Rauf -- 11. Hadith literature - II: collection and transmission of Hadith Nabia Abbott -- 12. Shi'i Hadith E. Kohlberg -- 13. Narrative elements in the Hadith literature Sahair el Calamawy -- 14. European criticism of Hadith literature N. J. Coulson -- 15. The impact of the Qur'an and Hadith on medieval Arabic literature A. M. Zubaidi -- 16. The Maghazi literature J. M. B. Jones -- 17. The Sirah literature M. J. Kister -- 18. The poetry of the Sirah literature James T. Monroe -- 19. Fables and legends in pre-Islamic and early Islamic times H. T. Norris -- 20. Umayyad poetry Salma K. Jayyusi -- 21. Music and verse O. Wright -- 22. The Greek impact on Arabic literature L. E. Goodman -- 23. The Persian impact on Arabic literature C. E. Bosworth -- 24. The Syrian impact on Arabic literature R. Y. Ebied -- Appendix J. D. Pearson -- Glossary -- List of sources -- Index. Arabic literature To 622 History and criticism. Arabic literature 622-750 History and criticism. Islamic Empire Intellectual life. Arabic literature, 500-750 - Critical studies Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon) ddc BK 154563 154563 0 0 ddc 0 892_709000000000000_ARA 0 NFIC 285566 DUL DUL GEN 1992-01-13 Purchased 892.709 ARA 337871 2017-01-24 1 2017-01-24 BK