The Arabic Fable: An Inventory of Short Stories Featuring Speaking Animals and Other Non Human Characters in Premodern Arabic Literature

by Ulrich Marzolph

This is the first attempt to provide a representative inventory of fables documented in premodern Arabic literature. The introduction presents a detailed effort to define the Arabic fable and a condensed historical survey together with a short assessment of the content characteristics of the Arabic fable proper. An annotated bibliography discusses significant contributions to the study of the Arabic fable in detail. The book's main body surveys a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004729003
• ISBN13: 9789004729001
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 390 Pages