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245	0	0	_aNight and horses and the desert : _ban anthology of classical Arabic literature / _cedited by Robert Irwin.
250			_a1st Anchor Books ed.
260			_aNew York : _bAnchor Books, _cc2001.
300			_axviii, 462 p. ; _c21 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [xv]-xviii) and index.
520		0	_aThis uniquely comprehensive anthology at last brings the astonishing grandeur and variety of classical Arabic literature to the Western audience.
520	8	0	_aThe 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.
650		0	_aArabic literature _vTranslations into English. _976805
650		0	_aArabic literature _xHistory and criticism. _976806
700	1		_aIrwin, Robert, _d1946- _976807
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