The Arabic Fable
An Inventory of Short Stories Featuring Speaking Animals and Other Nonhuman Characters in Premodern Arabic Literature
Published on 3. April 2025
Book
Hardback
442 pages
978-90-04-72900-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first attempt to provide a representative inventory of fables documented in premodern Arabic literature. The introduction presents a detailed effort to define the Arabic fable and a condensed historical survey together with a short assessment of the content characteristics of the Arabic fable proper. An annotated bibliography discusses significant contributions to the study of the Arabic fable in detail. The book's main body surveys a total of 330 numbered fables with short summaries, exhaustive references, and concise comments. The detailed documentation recognizes the Arabic fable as the long neglected equal of its dominantly perceived Graeco-Latin sibling.
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Language
Other
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
760 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-72900-1 (9789004729001)
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Person
Ulrich Marzolph, Dr. phil. (1981), Cologne, is a retired adjunct Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Goettingen, Germany. His field of expertise is the narrative culture of the Muslim world on which he has published widely.
Content
Preface
Abbreviations and Concordance of Numbers
Introduction
?1?Fables in Premodern Arabic Literature: Two Strands of Tradition
?2?Towards a Definition of the Arabic Fable
?3?Data Relevant for the History of the Arabic Fable
?4?Fables in Authored Literature
?5?Content Characteristics of the Arabic Fable Proper
Annotated Bibliography
Inventory of Fables in Premodern Arabic Literature
I. Scattered Fables (SF; nos.1-160)
II. Fables in Literature (nos.161-330)
?A.?Ibn al-Muqaffa?, Kalila wa-Dimna (KD; nos.161-208)
?B.?Qi??at Jali?ad wa-Shimas (JSh; nos.209-217)
?C.?Qi??at Malik Balash (MB; nos.218-221)
?D.?Bilawhar wa-Budhasaf (BB; no.222)
?E.?Ibn al-Habbariyya, al-?adi? wa-'l-baghim (?B; nos.223-229)
?F.?al-Kala?i, I?kam ?an?at al-kalam (KI; nos.230-232)
?G.?Ibn ?afar al-?iqilli, Sulwan al-mu?a? fi ?udwan al-atba? (SM; nos.233-241)
?H.?Qi??at ?ayqar (Q?; nos.242-257)
?I.?Amthal Luqman al-?akim (AL; nos.258-289)
?J.?Ibn ?Arabshah, Fakihat al-khulafa? wa-mufakat al-?urafa? (FKh; nos.290-313)
?K.?Alf Layla wa-layla (ALL; nos.314-329)
III. Supplement (S; no.330)
IV. Appendix: Concordance for the Fables in the Manuscripts Paris, Bibliotheque nationale de France, arabe 3463 and arabe 3464
Appendix: Arabic Texts of the Scattered Fables (Selection)
Bibliography
Concordance of References to Major Reference Works, Studies, and Translations
Index of Primary Sources (Arabic Authors and Works)
List of Primary Sources (Arabic Authors and Works) in Chronological Sequence
Index of Non-Human Characters Acting in the Fables
General Index
Abbreviations and Concordance of Numbers
Introduction
?1?Fables in Premodern Arabic Literature: Two Strands of Tradition
?2?Towards a Definition of the Arabic Fable
?3?Data Relevant for the History of the Arabic Fable
?4?Fables in Authored Literature
?5?Content Characteristics of the Arabic Fable Proper
Annotated Bibliography
Inventory of Fables in Premodern Arabic Literature
I. Scattered Fables (SF; nos.1-160)
II. Fables in Literature (nos.161-330)
?A.?Ibn al-Muqaffa?, Kalila wa-Dimna (KD; nos.161-208)
?B.?Qi??at Jali?ad wa-Shimas (JSh; nos.209-217)
?C.?Qi??at Malik Balash (MB; nos.218-221)
?D.?Bilawhar wa-Budhasaf (BB; no.222)
?E.?Ibn al-Habbariyya, al-?adi? wa-'l-baghim (?B; nos.223-229)
?F.?al-Kala?i, I?kam ?an?at al-kalam (KI; nos.230-232)
?G.?Ibn ?afar al-?iqilli, Sulwan al-mu?a? fi ?udwan al-atba? (SM; nos.233-241)
?H.?Qi??at ?ayqar (Q?; nos.242-257)
?I.?Amthal Luqman al-?akim (AL; nos.258-289)
?J.?Ibn ?Arabshah, Fakihat al-khulafa? wa-mufakat al-?urafa? (FKh; nos.290-313)
?K.?Alf Layla wa-layla (ALL; nos.314-329)
III. Supplement (S; no.330)
IV. Appendix: Concordance for the Fables in the Manuscripts Paris, Bibliotheque nationale de France, arabe 3463 and arabe 3464
Appendix: Arabic Texts of the Scattered Fables (Selection)
Bibliography
Concordance of References to Major Reference Works, Studies, and Translations
Index of Primary Sources (Arabic Authors and Works)
List of Primary Sources (Arabic Authors and Works) in Chronological Sequence
Index of Non-Human Characters Acting in the Fables
General Index