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The civilisation of medieval Muslim Spain is perhaps the most brilliant and prosperous of its age and has been essential to the direction which civilisation in medieval Europe took.
The Legacy of Muslim Spain is the first work, in any language, to deal comprehensively with all the major aspects of the society. Comprising nine detailed sections, ranging from Music, Art and Architecture to Science, Technology and Agriculture, the new paperback edition is great value for money. With its vast scope of information, colourful illustrations, extensive indexing, biographical notes and supply of maps for easy reference, The Legacy of Muslim Spain is a publication which no one can afford to be without.
The civilisation of medieval Muslim Spain is perhaps the most brilliant and prosperous of its age and has been essential to the direction which civilisation in medieval Europe took.
The Legacy of Muslim Spain is the first work, in any language, to deal comprehensively with all the major aspects of the society. Comprising nine detailed sections, ranging from Music, Art and Architecture to Science, Technology and Agriculture, the new paperback edition is great value for money. With its vast scope of information, colourful illustrations, extensive indexing, biographical notes and supply of maps for easy reference, The Legacy of Muslim Spain is a publication which no one can afford to be without.
FREEDOM AND COMPULSION: THE POETRY OF THE 'SEVENTIES Although it was the citadel of neo-Classicism where the modern Arab poetic renaissance began according to the best of classical models, modern Egypt has constantly produced poets who have shown a remark- able capacity for adventure in both the form and content of poetry, demonstrating a tendency to break loose from classical affinities and find new ways of expression. Some of these attempts, such as Ahmad Zaki Abu Shadi's experiments in metrics, were completely unsuccessful.' However, although not Egyptian, call- Ahmad Bakathir's metrical experiments in Egypt were only possible because of the
TRENDS AND MOVEMENTS IN MODERN ARABIC POETRY BY SALMA KHADRA JAYYUSI (Studies in Arabic Literature, VI) 1977. Two parts. I. xiv, 360 pages; II. vi pages, pp. 361-877 set cloth Gld. 88.- Trends and Movements in Modern Arabic Poetry is a comprehensive, critical history of Arabic poetry from its renaissance in the nineteenth century up to 1970. It deals with the great changes that have taken place in all aspects of the Arabic poem: language, imagery, tone, attitude, theme and form, as well as with such elements of obliquity as symbol, allusion, folklore and myth. It emphasizes the importance of
This volume is the first ever in any language to deal in a really comprehensive manner with all major aspects of Islamic civilisation in medieval Spain.
This volume is the first ever in any language to deal in a really comprehensive manner with all major aspects of Islamic civilisation in medieval Spain.