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Takhyil : the imaginary in classical Arabic poetics /

: xv, 286 pages ; 26 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9780906094693 (hbk.)
9780906094747
0906094690 (hbk.)

Published 1982
Beyond the line : classical Arabic literary critics on the coherence and unity of the poem /

: viii, 229 pages ; 25 cm.
Also issued online. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-220) and index. : 9004068546
9789004068544

Published 2011
Humor in early Islam

: Humor in Early Islam , first published in 1956, is a pioneering study by the versatile and prolific scholar Franz Rosenthal (1914-2003), who (having published an article on mediaeval Arabic blurbs), should have written this text himself. It contains an annotated translation of an Arabic text on a figure who became the subject of many jokes and anecdotes, the greedy and obtuse Ashʿab, a singer who lived in the eighth century but whose literary and fictional life long survived him. The translation is preceded by chapters on the textual sources and on the historical and legendary personalities of Ashʿab; the book ends with a short essay on laughter. Whether or not the jokes will make a modern reader laugh, the book is a valuable source for those seriously interested in a religion or a culture that all too often but unjustly is associated, by outsiders, with an aversion to laughter.
: "Translation of texts":p. [36]-131. : 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9789004215733 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

A descriptive catalogue of Oriental manuscripts at St. John's College, Oxford /

: xix, 155 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and indexes : 0199201951 (cased)

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