Contrariness in Classical Arabic Literature

Beautifying the Ugly and Uglifying the Beautiful by Abū Manṣūr Al-Thaʿālibī (D. 429/1038)

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216 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In his Beautifying the Ugly and Uglifying the Beautiful (Taḥsīn al-qabīḥ wa-taqbīḥ al-ḥasan) the prolific anthologist al-Thaʿālibī (d. 429/1038) offers a thematically arranged selection of Arabic poems and prose anecdotes or sayings with contrary or paradoxical purport, such as praise of miserliness, boredom, sickness, and death, or condemnation of generosity, intelligence, youth, and music. The book is both entertaining and informative, giving insight in premodern Arab and Islamic culture. It contains a new edition of the Arabic text and a complete English translation (the first in any language) with extensive annotation, preceded by an introduction with the necessary background of the genre.

• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens
• ISBN: 9789004691001
• Sprache: Arabisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 26.03.2024
• Größe: 239 x 163 mm
• Verlag: Brill
• Herausgegeben von: Geert Jan van Gelder
• Übersetzung: Geert Jan van Gelder