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Abu L-Tahir Muhammad Ibn Yusuf Al-Tamimi Al-Saraqusti ib Al-Astarkuwi (Author), James T. Monroe (Translator)

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Publication Date: December 1, 2001 | Series: Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures (Book 22)

Although the Arabic maq?mah, a branch of the picaresque genre, was much cultivated in the Middle Ages, little is known about it aside from the works of al-Hamadh?n? and al-?ar?r?, its first two cultivators. This translation of the Maq?m?t al-luz?m?yah by the twelfth-century Andalusi author al-Saraqust? makes available to Western scholars of narrative prose a hitherto little-known but important collection of Arabic maq?m?t. The "Preliminary Study" places this specific collection in the context of the overall maqama genre, it further places that genre in the contexts both of Arabic and of world literature, exploring the differences between the picaresque genre and the modern novel. It discusses the meaning of the work, shows the way in which it is original within its genre, and establishes its organic unity. Finally, it shows that late and post-classical Arabic literary works such as that of al-Saraqust?, which were composed during the so-called "period of decadence," are not decadent at all, contrary to the opinion prevalent among scholars in the field.

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Hardcover: 626 pages
Publisher: Brill Academic Pub (December 1, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9004123318
ISBN-13: 978-9004123311
Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.6 x 1.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,384,225 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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