What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us : or, A Period of Time, Volume One /

With What?Isa ibn Hisham Told Us, the Library of Arabic Literature brings readers an acknowledged masterpiece of early 20th-century Arabic prose. Penned by the Egyptian journalist Muhammad al-Muwaylihi, this exceptional title was first introduced in serialized form in his family's pioneering ne...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Muwayliḥī, Muḥammad (Author)
Other Authors: Kennedy, Philip F. (Editor), Allen, Roger, 1942- (Editor, Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Arabic
Published: London : New York University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Maqamah.
Arabic prose literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > African.
Prose arabe > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Maqāma.
Arabic prose literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:With What?Isa ibn Hisham Told Us, the Library of Arabic Literature brings readers an acknowledged masterpiece of early 20th-century Arabic prose. Penned by the Egyptian journalist Muhammad al-Muwaylihi, this exceptional title was first introduced in serialized form in his family's pioneering newspaper Misbah al-Sharq (Light of the East), on which this edition is based, and later published in book form in 1907. Widely hailed for its erudition and its mordant wit, What?Isa ibn Hisham Told Us was embraced by Egypt's burgeoning reading public and soon became required reading for generations of E.
Physical Description:1 online resource (496 pages).
ISBN:9781479895113

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