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Ideas, images, and methods of portrayal : insights into classical Arabic literature and Islam /

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Günther, Sebastian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Arabic
Publicado: Boston ; Leiden : Brill, ©2005.
Colección:Islamic history and civilization ; v. 58.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxxiii, 468 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9004143254
9789004143258
9789047407263
9047407261
1433706369
9781433706363
1280867841
9781280867842
9786610867844
6610867844
ISSN:0929-2403 ;