Writing and Representation in Medieval Islam: Muslim Horizons

With contributions from specialists in different areas of classical Islamic thought, this accessible volume explores the ways in which medieval Muslims saw, interpreted and represented the world around them in their writings.

Focusing mainly on the eighth to tenth centuries AD, known as the ‘formative period of Islamic thought’, the book examines historiography, literary prose and Arabic prose genres which do not fall neatly into either category.

Filling a gap in the literature by providing detailed discussions of both primary texts and recent scholarship, Writing and Representation in Medieval Islam will be welcomed by students and scholars of classical Arabic literature, Islamic history and medieval history.

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Writing and Representation in Medieval Islam: Muslim Horizons

With contributions from specialists in different areas of classical Islamic thought, this accessible volume explores the ways in which medieval Muslims saw, interpreted and represented the world around them in their writings.

Focusing mainly on the eighth to tenth centuries AD, known as the ‘formative period of Islamic thought’, the book examines historiography, literary prose and Arabic prose genres which do not fall neatly into either category.

Filling a gap in the literature by providing detailed discussions of both primary texts and recent scholarship, Writing and Representation in Medieval Islam will be welcomed by students and scholars of classical Arabic literature, Islamic history and medieval history.

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Overview

With contributions from specialists in different areas of classical Islamic thought, this accessible volume explores the ways in which medieval Muslims saw, interpreted and represented the world around them in their writings.

Focusing mainly on the eighth to tenth centuries AD, known as the ‘formative period of Islamic thought’, the book examines historiography, literary prose and Arabic prose genres which do not fall neatly into either category.

Filling a gap in the literature by providing detailed discussions of both primary texts and recent scholarship, Writing and Representation in Medieval Islam will be welcomed by students and scholars of classical Arabic literature, Islamic history and medieval history.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415595933
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 08/18/2010
Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures
Edition description: Reissue
Pages: 280
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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 

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