Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Note on translation, transliteration, and further reading
- Chronology
- 1 An essay on precedents and principles
- 2 The contexts of the literary tradition
- 3 The Qurʾān: sacred text and cultural yardstick
- 4 Poetry
- 5 Belletristic prose and narrative
- 6 Drama
- 7 The critical tradition
- Guide to further reading
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Note on translation, transliteration, and further reading
- Chronology
- 1 An essay on precedents and principles
- 2 The contexts of the literary tradition
- 3 The Qurʾān: sacred text and cultural yardstick
- 4 Poetry
- 5 Belletristic prose and narrative
- 6 Drama
- 7 The critical tradition
- Guide to further reading
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- An Introduction to Arabic Literature , pp. v - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000