Roger Allen provides a comprehensive introductory survey of literary
texts in Arabic, from their unknown beginnings in the fifth
century AD to the present day. The volume focuses on the major
genres of Arabic literature, dealing with Islam’s sacred text, the
Qur©a¯n, and a wealth of poetry, narrative prose, drama and criticism.
Allen reveals the continuities that link the creative output of
the present day to the illustrious literary heritage of the past and
incorporates an enormously rich body of popular literature typified
most famously by The Arabian Nights. The volume is informed by
Western critical approaches, but within each chapter the emphasis
is on the texts themselves, with extensive quotations in English
translation. Reference features include a chronology and a guide to
further reading. A revised and abridged version of Allen’s
acclaimed study, The Arabic Literary Heritage, this book provides an
invaluable student introduction to a major non-Western literary
tradition.
ROGER ALLEN is Professor of Arabic at the University of
Pennsylvania. He is author of The Arabic Literary Heritage (1998), The
Arabic Novel (1982) and A Period of Time (1992). He has published
more than forty journal articles on Arabic literature and translated
a number of modern Arabic narratives including Najib Mahfuz’s
Mirrors (1977) and Autumn Quail (1985).
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