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Julia
Bray, ed.
Writing
and Representation in Medieval Islam: Muslim Horizons.
London:
Routledge, 2006.
Routledge
Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures series.
Publisher's
recommended price
Hardback ISBN 0415385687, £65.00
With contributions from
specialists in different areas of classical Islamic thought, this
accessible volume explores the ways in which medieval Muslims saw,
interpreted and represented the world around them in their writings.
Focusing mainly on the eighth to tenth centuries AD, known as the
"formative period of Islamic thought", the book examines
historiography, literary prose and Arabic prose genres which do
not fall neatly into either category.
Filling a gap in the literature by providing detailed discussions of
both primary texts and recent scholarship, Writing and Representation
in Medieval Islam will be welcomed by students and scholars of
classical Arabic literature, Islamic history and medieval history.
Contents:
Part 1:
Fact and Fiction
1.
Robert Irwin: Ibn Zunbul and the Romance of History
2.
Robert G. Hoyland: History, Fiction and Authorship in the First
Centuries of Islam
3. Julie
Scott Meisami: Writing Medieval Women: Representations and
misrepresentations
Part 2:
Appearance and Truth
4. James
E. Montgomery: Al-Jahiz's Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin
5.
Philip F. Kennedy: The Maqamat as a Nexus of Interests: Reflections on
Abdelfattah Kilito's Les Séances
6. Julia
Bray: The Physical World and the Writer's Eye: Al-Tanukhi and medicine
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