
Studies in Islamic Poetry
Reynold Alleyne Nicholson(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 17. February 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
316 pages
978-0-521-18224-9 (ISBN)
Description
Two essays on Persian and Arabic poetic literature, which form the first part of a collection of essays by Nicholson. This volume was written during the First World War and originally published in 1921. The second volume Studies in Islamic Mysticism was reissued in the Cambridge University Press Library Collections series in 1967. The essays contain full quotation in translation and the original texts appear in an appendix.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
448 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-18224-9 (9780521182249)
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Cambridge University Press
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Studies in Islamic Poetry
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01/1970
Cambridge University Press
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Content
Part I. An Early Persian Anthology; Part II. The Meditations of Ma'arri: 1. Poems on life and death; 2. Poems on human society; 3. Poems on asceticism; 4. Poems on philosophy and religion; 5. Appendix containing the Arabic text of the pieces translated above; Index of names and titles; Index of subjects.