Literary History of the Arabs

ISBN-13: 9781138979925 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 536 str.

Reynold Alleyne Nicholson;Nicholson; H. Nicholson

Opis

Beginning with the pre-Islamic period and continuing to recent historical times, this volume covers the whole of the Arab world, including the Arab empires in Europe.

Spis treści

PREFACE, INTRODUCTION, I. SABA AND HIMYAR, II. THE HISTORY AND LEGENDS OF THE PAGAN ARABS, III. PRE-ISLAMIC POETRY, MANNERS, AND RELIGION, IV. THE PROPHET AND THE KORAN, V. THE ORTHODOX CALIPHATE AND THE UMAYYAD DYNASTY, VI. THE CALIPHS OF BAGHDAD, VII. POETRY, LITERATURE, AND SCIENCE IN THE 'ABBASID PERIOD, VIII. ORTHODOXY, FREE-THOUGHT, AND MYSTICISM, IX. THE ARABS IN EUROPE, X. FROM THE MONGOL INVASION TO THE PRESENT DAY, APPENDIX, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX

O autorze

Reynold A. Nicholson