This is the first systematic literary study of one of the
masterpieces of classical Arabic literature, the fourth/tenth
century Kitab al-aghani (The Book of Songs) by Abu I-Faraj
al-Isbahani. Until now the twenty-four volume Book of Songs has
been regarded as a rather chaotic but priceless mine of information
about classical Arabic music, literature and culture. This book
approaches it as a work of literature in its own right, with its
own internal logic and coherence. The study also consistently
integrates the musical component into the analysis and proposes a
reading of the work in which individual anecdotes and poems are
related to the wider context, enhancing their meaning.
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