The Author and His Doubles: Essays on Classical Arabic Culture Middle East Literature in Translation



The Author and His Doubles: Essays on Classical Arabic Culture Middle East Literature in Translation
In this text Kilito argues that genre - not authorship - is at the heart of classic Arabic literature. He examines love poetry and panegyric, the Prophet's Hadith and the literary anecdote, as well as such themes as memorization, plagiarism and forgery and the dream visions of the dead.
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Author Abdelfattah Kilito
Format hardcover
ISBN 9780815629368
Pages 129
Publisher Syracuse University Press
Manufacturer Syracuse University Press
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In this text Kilito argues that genre - not authorship - is at the heart of classic Arabic literature. He examines love poetry and panegyric, the Prophet's Hadith and the literary anecdote, as well as such themes as memorization, plagiarism and forgery and the dream visions of the dead.

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