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This volume of the Cambridge History of Arabic Literature deals with writings on learned subjects from the 'Abbasid period (8th to 13th centuries AD), the golden age of Arabic literature. These cover a wide area, from philosophy, theology and law, through grammar and lexicography, to mathematics, astronomy and medicine. There are separate chapters on six of the greatest scholars of the period, on the development of translations from Greek into Arabic, and on the Arabic literature of the Christians and Jews who lived under the rule of the 'Abbasid caliphate.
This volume of The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature covers
artistic prose and poetry produced in the heartland and provinces
of the 'Abbasid empire during the second great period of Arabic
literature, from the mid-eighth to the thirteenth centuries AD.
'Abbasid literature was characterised by the emergence of many new
genres and of a scholarly and sophisticated critical consciousness.
This volume deals chronologically with the main genres and provides
extended studies of major poets, prose-writers and literary
theorists. It concludes with a comprehensive survey of the
relatively unknown literature of the Yemen to appear in a European
language since the manuscript discoveries of recent years. To make
the material accessible to non-specialist readers, 'Abbasid authors
are quoted in English translation wherever possible, and clear
explanations of their literary techniques and conventions are
provided. With chapters by leading specialists from the Middle
East, Europe and America, the volume represents a wide
cross-section of current academic opinion.
This volume of The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature covers
artistic prose and poetry produced in the heartland and provinces
of the 'Abbasid empire during the second great period of Arabic
literature, from the mid-eighth to the thirteenth centuries AD.
'Abbasid literature was characterised by the emergence of many new
genres and of a scholarly and sophisticated critical consciousness.
This volume deals chronologically with the main genres and provides
extended studies of major poets, prose-writers and literary
theorists. It concludes with a comprehensive survey of the
relatively unknown literature of the Yemen to appear in a European
language since the manuscript discoveries of recent years. To make
the material accessible to non-specialist readers, 'Abbasid authors
are quoted in English translation wherever possible, and clear
explanations of their literary techniques and conventions are
provided. With chapters by leading specialists from the Middle
East, Europe and America, the volume represents a wide
cross-section of current academic opinion.
The five centuries of the 'Abbasid period (eighth to thirteenth
centuries AD) were the golden age of Arabic literature. They saw
the appearance not only of poetry and belles-lettres (which are
covered in a previous volume), but also of an extensive body of
writings concerned with subjects ranging from theology and law to
history and the natural sciences. This volume of The Cambridge
History of Arabic Literature surveys the most important of these
writings, including the literature of Sunnism and Shi'ism, Arabic
philosophy, Sufism, Islamic law, grammar, lexicography,
administration, historiography, mathematics, astronomy, astrology,
geography, alchemy and medicine. It contains separate chapters on
six of the greatest scholars of the Middle Ages, as well as on the
Arabic literature of the Christians and Jews who lived under the
rule of the 'Abbasid caliphate, and includes a study of one of the
great cultural movements of the period, the translations from Greek
into Arabic.
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