Writing and Representation in Medieval Islam: Muslim Horizons

ISBN-13: 9780415595933 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 266 str.

Julia Bray;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

Julia Bray explores the ways in which medieval Muslims saw and interpreted the world around them in their writings. She focuses on historiography and prose literature, with detailed discussions of both primary texts and recent scholarship.

Spis treści

Introduction.  Note on Conventions  Part 1: Fact and Fiction  1. Ibn Zunbul and the Romance of History  2. History, Fiction and Authorship in the First Centuries of Islam  3. Meisami Writing Medieval Women: Representations and Misrepresentations  Part 2: Appearance and Truth  4. Al-Jahiz’s Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin  5. The Maqamat as a Nexus of Interests: Reflections on Abdelfattah Kilito’s Les Séances  6. The Physical World and the Writer’s Eye 

O autorze

Julia Bray