Ideas, images, and methods of portrayal : insights into classical Arabic literature and Islam / edited by Sebastian Günther.
This volume deals with the genesis of selected classical Arabic texts as the products of different milieus, and the implications which these texts had for Islamic societies in medieval times. It explores the concepts and images which Muslim scholars from the 8th to the 14th century presented in thei...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English Arabic |
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Boston ; Leiden :
Brill,
©2005.
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| Series: | Islamic history and civilization ;
v. 58. |
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| Online Access: | Click for online access |
| Summary: | This volume deals with the genesis of selected classical Arabic texts as the products of different milieus, and the implications which these texts had for Islamic societies in medieval times. It explores the concepts and images which Muslim scholars from the 8th to the 14th century presented in their writings and, in particular, ponders the ways in which these authors used specific methods of portrayal--either overtly or more subtly--to advance their ideas. The fresh theoretical and methodological approaches applied in this book facilitate the understanding of how medieval Muslim writers expressed their views and, more importantly, why they expressed them in the way they did. This helps disclose, for example, how the images of historically or religiously significant figures in Arabic-Islamic culture have been developed and shaped in the process of their "literarization." |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxiii, 468 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9004143254 9789004143258 9789047407263 9047407261 1433706369 9781433706363 1280867841 9781280867842 9786610867844 6610867844 |
| ISSN: | 0929-2403 ; |
| Language: | English. |