Making the Great Book of Songs (English, Hilary Kilpatrick)

About the Book

This is the first systematic literary study of one of the masterpieces of classical Arabic literature, the fourth/tenth century Kit�b al-agh�n� ( The Book of Songs ) by Ab� I-Faraj al-Isbah�n�. 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 inte…

ISBN: 9780700717019