Making the Great Book of Songs: Compilation and the Author's Craft in Abû I-Faraj al-Isbahânî's Kitâb al-aghânî

di Hilary Kilpatrick (Autore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2010

This is the first systematic literary study of one of the masterpieces of classical Arabic literature, the fourth/tenth century Kitâb al-aghânî (The Book of Songs) by Abû I-Faraj al-Isbahânî. Until now the twenty-four volume Book of Songs has been regarded as a rather chaotic but priceless mine of information about classical Arabic music, literature and culture. This book approaches it as a work of literature in its own right, with its own internal logic and coherence. The study also consistently integrates the musical component into the analysis and proposes a reading of the work in which individual anecdotes and poems are related to the wider context, enhancing their meaning.

• Autore: Hilary Kilpatrick
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures
• Anno: 2010
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 436 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 830 gr.
• EAN: 9780415595841

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