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Autore |
Marzolph Ulrich |
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The Arabic Fable : An Inventory of Short Stories Featuring Speaking Animals and Other Nonhuman Characters in Premodern Arabic Literature / / Ulrich Marzolph |
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Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2025 |
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©2025 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (443 pages) |
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Collana |
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Global Arabic Literary Cultures ; ; 3 |
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Art - History |
Literature and cultural studies |
Middle East and Islamic Studies |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface -- Abbreviations and Concordance of Numbers -- Introduction -- 1 Fables in Premodern Arabic Literature: Two Strands of Tradition -- 2 Towards a Definition of the Arabic Fable -- 3 Data Relevant for the History of the Arabic Fable -- 4 Fables in Authored Literature -- 5 Content Characteristics of the Arabic Fable Proper -- Annotated Bibliography -- Inventory of Fables in Premodern Arabic Literature -- I. Scattered Fables (SF; nos.1–160) -- II. Fables in Literature (nos.161–330) -- A. Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ, Kalīla wa-Dimna ( KD; nos.161–208) -- B. Qiṣṣat Jalīʿād wa-Shīmās (JSh; nos.209–217) -- C. Qiṣṣat Malik Balāsh ( MB; nos.218–221) -- D. Bilawhar wa-Būdhāsaf ( BB; no.222) -- E. Ibn al-Habbāriyya, al-Ṣādiḥ wa-’l-bāghim ( ṢB; nos.223–229) -- F. al-Kalāʿī, Iḥkām ṣanʿat al-kalām ( KI; nos.230–232) -- G. Ibn Ẓafar al-Ṣiqillī, Sulwān al-muṭāʿ fī ʿudwān al-atbāʿ ( SM; nos.233–241) -- H. Qiṣṣat Ḥayqār ( QḤ; nos.242–257) -- I. Amthāl Luqmān al-ḥakīm ( AL; nos.258–289) -- J. Ibn ʿArabshāh, Fākihat al-khulafāʾ wa-mufākat al-ẓurafāʾ (FKh; nos.290–313) -- K. Alf Layla wa-layla ( ALL; nos.314–329) -- III. Supplement (S; no.330) -- IV. Appendix: Concordance for |
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the Fables in the Manuscripts Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, arabe 3463 and arabe 3464 -- Appendix: Arabic Texts of the Scattered Fables (Selection) -- Bibliography -- Concordance of References to Major Reference Works, Studies, and Translations -- Index of Primary Sources (Arabic Authors and Works) -- List of Primary Sources (Arabic Authors and Works) in Chronological Sequence -- Index of Non-Human Characters Acting in the Fables -- General Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The present book is the first attempt to provide a representative inventory of fables documented in premodern Arabic literature. It surveys a total of 330 numbered fables with short summaries, exhaustive references, and concise comments. |
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