History and memory in the Abbasid Caliphate : writing the past in medieval Arabic literature
Timeline of al-Sụ̄lī's life -- 1 Life and Afterlife -- 'Biography' -- Using biography -- Where: the pervasiveness of al-Sụ̄lī -- What's in a profile? -- The power of stories -- Person or persona? -- 2 In his own Words -- Terminological traps -- Motivations, intended readers and t...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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London : I. B. Tauris,
2022
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | The early and medieval Islamic world
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| Schlagworte: | Arabic literature Islamic literature Electronic books |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (201 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Timeline of al-Sụ̄lī's life -- 1 Life and Afterlife -- 'Biography' -- Using biography -- Where: the pervasiveness of al-Sụ̄lī -- What's in a profile? -- The power of stories -- Person or persona? -- 2 In his own Words -- Terminological traps -- Motivations, intended readers and time -- Al-Sụ̄lī's voice -- 'Der blosse Lebenslauf' and beyond -- Rights and wrongs -- Person, persona and an arc -- 3 In his own Time -- The classroom -- The court years -- The legacy of notebooks -- Networks and texts -- 4 In his own Books -- Career path -- The well-organized mind -- The well-organized life -- A well-organized time -- 5 Insight and Hindsight -- The clueless observer -- Persuasion -- Access -- The vain memorialist -- Conclusion |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (201 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781838600563 1838600566 9781788319232 1788319230 |