Making the great Book of songs : compilation and the author's craft in Abū l-Faraj al-Iṣbahānī's Kitāb al-aghānī /

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Author / Creator:Kilpatrick, Hilary.
Imprint:London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
Description:xi, 435 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:RoutledgeCurzon studies in Arabic and Middle Eastern literature
Curzon studies in Arabic and Middle-Eastern literatures.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4836722
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ISBN:0700717013 (hardback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-422) and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Modern Research on the Kitob al-aghon
  • 2. Ab I-Faraj's Life, Times and Works
  • 3. Ab I-Faraj's Interventions: Songs and Singers
  • 4. Ab I-Faraj's Interventions: Poetry and Poets
  • 5. Ab I-Faraj's Interventions: Prose akhbor and the Arrangement of Material
  • 6. Articles on Songs, Events and Relationships
  • 7. Articles on Personalities
  • 8. Connections between Articles: the Common Fund of Material
  • 9. Ordering the Material: the Framework of Introductory Songs