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Landmarks in Linguistic Thought Volume IIIby Kees Versteegh
Routledge 1997; US$ 52.95This book introduces the reader to the major issues and themes that have determined the development of the Arabic linguistic tradition. It is invaluable to anyone with an interest in the history of Linguistics. more...
Naguib Mahfouzby Rasheed El-Enany
Routledge 1993; US$ 41.95A comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. Included is a full biography and systematic analysis of the writer's works. more...
Structure and Meaning in Medieval Arabic and Persian Lyricby Julie Meisami
RoutledgeCurzon 2002; US$ 44.95This is the first comprehensive and comparative study of compositional and stylistic techniques in medieval Arabic and Persian lyric poetry. It also examines works by the indigenous critics of poetry in both Arabic and Persian. more...
Making the Great Book of Songsby Hilary Kilpatrick
RoutledgeCurzon 2002; US$ 44.95This is the first systematic literary study of one of the masterpieces of classical Arabic literature, the 4/10th century Kitâb al-aghânî ( The Book of Songs ) by Abû I-Faraj al-Isbahânî. more...
Arabic Literature - An Overviewby Pierre Cachia
RoutledgeCurzon 2002; US$ 44.95Assuming no previous knowledge of the subject, this book provides a balanced overview of Arab literature, from 'high' literature to popular folk literature, covering the classical and modern periods. more...
Arab Representations of the Occidentby Rasheed El-Enany
RoutledgeCurzon 2005; US$ 44.95This book explores Arab responses to Western Culture and values as expressed mainly through works of fiction written by Arab authors during the twentieth, and, to a lesser extent, nineteenth century. more...
Book of the Thousand and One Nights (Vol 3)by Powys Mathers
Routledge 1986; US$ 29.95The third volume of this complete and accurate translation of the tales of the Arabian nights. more...
Novel and the Rural Imaginary in Egypt, 1880-1985by Samah Selim
RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 44.95This book focuses on the relationship between the Egyptian village as a discursive construct and the novel genre as it emerged and developed in Egypt from the first decades of the century until its end. more...
Ibn Abi Tahir Tayfur and Arabic Writerly Cultureby Shawkat M. Toorawa
RoutledgeCurzon 2005; US$ 44.95This book re-evaluates the literary history and landscape of the third/ninth century by demonstrating and emphasising the significance of the important transition from a predominantly oral-aural culture to an increasingly literate one. more...
Religious Perspectives in Modern Muslim and Jewishby Glenda Abramson; Hilary Kilpatrick
RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 44.95Religious Perspectives in Modern Muslim and Jewish Literatures is a unique comparative study of related literatures which cuts across traditions, ages and cultures. more...









