| The Imagination Unbound: Al-Adab Al-'Aja'ibi and the Literature of the Fantastic in the Arabic Tradition Contributor(s): Abu-Deeb, Kamal (Author) |
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ISBN: 0863566367 ISBN-13: 9780863566363 Publisher: Saqi Books OUR PRICE: $54.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2008 Annotation: The fantastic in literature is not a modern European invention; it is present in Arabic narrative dating from the ninth century. The Imagination Unbound contains an Arabic and English study of al-Adab al-Ajaibi, with the original Arabic text of Kitab al-Azama (The Book of Greatness) and commentary by the author. Kamel Abu-Deeb holds the chair in Arabic at the University of London. A poet and essayist, he has published many books and papers in both Arabic and English and has been co-editor of the avant-garde journal Mawaqif. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern - Foreign Language Study | Arabic |
| Dewey: 892.709 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.8" W x 8.7" (1.00 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The fantastic in literature is not a modern European invention; it is present in Arabic narrative dating from the ninth century. The Imagination Unbound contains an Arabic and English study of al-Adab al-'Aja'ibi, with the original Arabic text of Kitab al-Azama (The Book of Greatness) and commentary by the author. Kamel Abu-Deeb holds the chair in Arabic at the University of London. A poet and essayist, he has published many books and papers in both Arabic and English and has been co-editor of the avant-garde journal Mawaqif. |