Anthology of Arabic Literature, Culture, and Thought from Pre-Islamic Times to the Present.(Book review)

The Journal of the American Oriental Society | January 1, 2006| | Copyright

Anthology of Arabic Literature, Culture, and Thought from Pre-Islamic Times to the Present. By BASSAM K. FRANGIEH. Yale Language Series. New Haven: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2005. Pp. xviii + 566.

This book has long been a desideratum since students of Classical Arabic (CA) and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) have needed a comprehensive reader of Arabic literature (preferably in one volume) from pre-Islamic times to the present. It includes seventy works by seventy different authors. The range of the literature covered is truly amazing: pre-Islamic poetry (Imru' al-Qays), ...

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