Arabic-language literature: pre-Islamic poetry, adab, maqamat, and neighboring links to Arabic Sufi texts.
Folders
Adab and Maqamat — Classical Arabic adab and maqamat: ornate prose, rhymed narrative, verbal performance, picaresque satire, and literary virtuosity. (2)
Classical Poetry — Classical Arabic poetry, including the pre-Islamic ode tradition and the Mu'allaqat. (1)
Wisdom Literature — Arabic wisdom and narrative literature: Bilawhar and Budhasaf and related moral prose. (14)
Pages
Glossary — A shelf-specific slice of the Good Works Glossary for Arabic literary and neighboring Sufi terms.
Introduction to Arabic Literature — A 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 Literature — A source-conscious path through the Arabic shelf: the Mu'allaqat, the maqamat of al-Hamadhani and al-Hariri, the fourteen-part Bilawhar and Budhasaf sequence, and the neighboring Islamic and Sufi rooms.