TY  - BOOK
AU  - Irwin,Robert
TI  - Night and horses and the desert: an anthology of classical Arabic literature 
SN  - 0385721552 (pbk.) :
AV  - PJ7694.E1 N54 2001
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New York
PB  - Anchor Books
KW  - Arabic literature
KW  - Translations into English
KW  - History and criticism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [xv]-xviii) and index
N2  - This uniquely comprehensive anthology at last brings the astonishing grandeur and variety of classical Arabic literature to the Western audience; The distinguished Arabist Robert Irwin presents dazzling excerpts from works both renowned (The Qur'an, The Thousand and One Nights) and esoteric (Ibn Wasshiya's "Book of Poisons, " the dashing Byronic poetry of Imru' al-Qays). Selections are accompanied by Irwin's erudite commentaries, which illuminate the reader on the cultural and historical context of these works. Spanning the fifth to sixteenth centuries and societies from Afghanistan to Spain, this is a captivating and invaluable guide to one of the world's great bodies of literature
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