Making the Great Book of Songs
Compilation and the Author's Craft in Abu I-Faraj al-Isbahani's Kitab al-aghani
1st Edition
Published on 2. September 2003
448 pages
978-1-135-78793-6 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first systematic literary study of one of the masterpieces of classical Arabic literature, the fourth/tenth century Kitab al-aghani (The Book of Songs) by Abu I-Faraj al-Isbahani. Until now the twenty-four volume Book of Songs has been regarded as a rather chaotic but priceless mine of information about classical Arabic music, literature and culture. This book approaches it as a work of literature in its own right, with its own internal logic and coherence. The study also consistently integrates the musical component into the analysis and proposes a reading of the work in which individual anecdotes and poems are related to the wider context, enhancing their meaning.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
3,02 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-135-78793-6 (9781135787936)
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Hilary Kilpatrick
Making the Great Book of Songs
Compilation and the Author's Craft in Abu I-Faraj al-Isbahani's Kitab al-aghani
Book
09/2010
1st Edition
Routledge
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Hilary Kilpatrick
Making the Great Book of Songs
Compilation and the Author's Craft in Abu I-Faraj al-Isbahani's Kitab al-aghani
Book
10/2002
1st Edition
Routledge
€209.10
Shipment within 10-20 days
Person
Hilary Kilpatrick studied Arabic at Oxford. She has taught at the universities of St. Andrews, UK, Nijmegen, The Netherlands and Bern, Switzerland, and now works as an independent scholar in Lausanne. She is one of the editors of the Arabic and Middle Eastern Literatures series, and has published on modern Arabic fiction and classical Arabic belles-lettres, and has made some translations from modern Arabic literature.
Content
1. Modern Research on the Kitab al-aghani 2. Abu I-Faraj's Life, Times and Works 3. Abu I-Faraj's Interventions: Songs and Singers 4. Abu I-Faraj's Interventions: Poetry and Poets 5. Abu I-Faraj's Interventions: Prose akhbar and the Arrangement of Material 6. Articles on Songs, Events and Relationships 7. Articles on Personalities 8. Connections between Articles: The Common Fund of Material 9. Ordering the Material: The Framework of Introductory Songs
