TY - BOOK AU - Nicholson A. Reynold TI - A Literary: History of the arabs SN - (hbk) U1 - 892.709 PY - 1966/// CY - London PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Literary--History--Arabs N1 - Contents PREFACE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. SABA AND HIMYAR II. THE HISTORY AND LEGENDS OF THE PAGAN ARABS III. PRE-ISLAMIC POETRY, MANNERS, AND RELIGION IV. THE PROPHET AND THE KORAN V. THE ORTHODOX CALIPHATE DYNASTY. AND THE UMAYYAD VI. THE CALIPHS OF BAGHDAD VII. POETRY, LITERATURE, AND SCIENCE IN THE 'ABBASID PERIOD VIII. ORTHODOXY, FREE-THOUGHT, AND MYSTICISM IX. THE ARABS IN EUROPE X. FROM THE MONGOL INVASION TO THE PRESENT DAY APPENDIX BIBLIOGRAPHY ER -