Arabic literature - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Arabic literature - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Cachia, Pierre J.

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060662
Doc. NO	:	ALei1059
Main Entry	:	Cachia, Pierre J.
Title & Author	:	Arabic literature - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Cachia, Pierre J.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(6,581 words)
Abstract	:	Arabic literature encompasses sixteen centuries of literary creativity across a range of genres, in language spanning the spectrum from the classical to the vernacular. 1. Fifth and sixth centuries C.E.: Pre-Islamic Arabian literature The pre-Islamic literary prose that has survived consists mainly of some adages, sometimes accompanied by an account of the circumstances that gave rise to them; rhymed soothsayers' pronouncements; and a few well-structured orations. In contrast, the century and a half immediately preceding the advent of Islam can boast of an abundant and vigorous
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1059.pdf