Contrariness in Classical Arabic Literature: Beautifying the Ugly and Uglifying the Beautiful by Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī (d. 429/1038): 45 (Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures, 45) - Image 1

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Brill Contrariness in Classical Arabic Literature: Beautifying the Ugly and Uglifying the Beautiful by Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī (d. 429/1038): 45 (Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures, 45)

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In his Beautifying the Ugly and Uglifying the Beautiful (Taḥsīn al-qabīḥ wa-taqbīḥ al-ḥasan) the prolific anthologist al-Thaʿālibī (d. 429/1038) offers a thematically arranged selection of Arabic poems and prose anecdotes or sayings with contrary or paradoxical purport, such as praise of miserliness, boredom, sickness, and death, or condemnation of generosity, intelligence, youth, and music. The book is both entertaining and informative, giving insight in premodern Arab and Islamic culture. It contains a new edition of the Arabic text and a complete English translation (the first in any language) with extensive annotation, preceded by an introduction with the necessary background of the genre.

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Brand: Brill
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 9004691006
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Middle East
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 26 March 2024
Listed Since: 29 September 2023

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Brill Contrariness in Classical Arabic Literature: Beautifying the Ugly and Uglifying the Beautiful by Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī (d. 429/1038): 45 (Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures, 45)

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