Edited by: James Kritzeck text New York Meridian Books 1975 monographic eng

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379 p. *Contents* 1. Introduction ................................................. 3 2. Transliteration ........................................... 17 3. Islamic proper names .................................. 19 4. Islamic dates ............................................... 21 5. The koran: scripture and literature ...... 22 - meccan chapters ........................................ 34 - medinan chapters ...................................... 46 6. Early arabic poetry ................................... 52 - the odes of amru al-qays, labid, and tarafah ........ 54 - poems from early anthologies .................... 61 7. Proverbs ....................................................... 63 8. The age of the caliphs [632-1050] - historical summary .............................. 69 - ibn al-muqaffa: the monkey and the tortoise ......... 73 - ibn ishaq: the prophet mohammed ............. 79 - the new poets ........................................... 84 - al-jahiz: clever sayings ............................. 91 - al-jahiz: flies and mosquitoes ................... 94 - al-hallaj: the crucifixion of a mystic ......... 96 - rudaki: two poems ................................... 105 - al-mutanabbi: lauds ................................. 107 English Anthology--Islamic--literature 297.8 An864 (pbk) 260514 20260514133149.0