Abbasid Belles Lettres

Book Overview

'Abbasid literature was characterized by the emergence of many new genres and of a scholarly and sophisticated critical consciousness. This volume of The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature covers the prose and poetry produced in the heartland and provinces of the 'Abbasid Empire from the mid-eighth to the thirteenth centuries A.D. Chronologically organized, the book explores the main genres and provides extended studies of major poets, prose writers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521088658
• ISBN13: 9780521088657
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"