Bringing a laugh to a scowling face : a study and critical edition of the "Nuzhat al-nufūs wa-muḍḥik al-ʻabūs" by ʻAlī Ibn Sūdūn al-Bašbuġāwī (Cairo 810/1407-Damascus 868/1464) /

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Main Author: Vrolijk, Arnoud (Author)

Format: Book

Language: Arabic
English

Published: Leiden : Research School CNWS, School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies, 1998.

Series: Contributions By the Nederlands-Vlaams Instituut in Cairo ; 1.
CNWS publications ; 70.

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Call Number: DS41 .N4 v.1

Table of Contents:
  • 1. The life and times of a failed scholar
  • 2. Occasions for occasional poetry
  • 3. The reception of the Nuzha
  • 4. An anthology as a mirror of literary tastes
  • 5. Oriental and orientalist bibliography
  • 6. The manuscripts and editions of the "Nuzha"
  • 7. The autographs of the "Nuzha"
  • 8. Establishing the text
  • 9. Ibn Sudun's use of poetic metre
  • 10. Musical modes
  • 11. Egyptian Arabic in the 15th century.