A history of Arabic literature
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Bibliographic Information
A history of Arabic literature
（Short histories of the literatures of the world / edited by Edmund Gosse, 11）
W. Heinemann, 1903
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Arabic literature
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Note
Includes index
Bibliography: p. 447-450
Translation from the French
"This volume ... has been translated from the author's manuscript by Lady Mary Loyd."--P. v
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book is a chronological study of the history of Arabic literature. Beginning with a brief discourse on geographical and cultural influences on Arabic writers, and touching on the earliest forms of pre-Islamic poetry, the author continues with a deeper study of the 'golden age' of Arabic literature, when writers and artists flourished under the Omeyyad and Abbasid dynasties. Later chapters are devoted to the medieval period, and a final section looks to the future. First published in 1903, this work remains a standard, concise history of Arabic literature. Its author, Clement Huart, Professor of Oriental Languages in Paris, was one of the most accomplished orientalists of his day, and was a leading authority on Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Romaic literature.
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