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Arabic

Arabic-language literature: pre-Islamic poetry, adab, maqamat, and neighboring links to Arabic Sufi texts.

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Texts

GlossaryA shelf-specific slice of the Good Works Glossary for Arabic literary and neighboring Sufi terms.Introduction to Arabic LiteratureA critical introduction to the Arabic shelf: qasida, Mu'allaqat, adab, maqamat, Bilawhar and Budhasaf, translation, and the boundary between Arabic literature and neighboring Islamic, Sufi, Persian, and Turkish shelves.Reader's Guide to Arabic LiteratureA practical reading guide to the Arabic shelf: the Mu'allaqat, Arabic adab, maqamat, and neighboring Arabic Sufi texts.
Adab and Maqamat2 pages
Classical Poetry1 page
Wisdom Literature14 pages

Arabic wisdom and narrative literature: Bilawhar and Budhasaf and related moral prose.

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