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1、thecambridgehistoryofarabicliteraturearabicliteratureinthepost-classicalperiodThesixthandfinalvolumeofTheCambridgeHistoryofArabicLiteratureexplorestheArabicliteraryheritageoftheperiodfromthetwelfthtothebeginningofthenineteenthcentury.Traditionalistshave

2、tendedtocharacterizethisperiodasoneof‘decadence’and,havingdoneso,toskipoveritsseveralcenturiesinthequestformoreimmediatelyinterestingmaterialstimulatedbythere-encounterwiththeWestfromtheendoftheeighteenthcentury.Eventhoughitwasduringthistimethatoneofth

3、emostfamousArabicworksofalltime–AThousandandOneNights–wascreated,thishasnotprovokedawide-ranginginvestigationoftheperiod’sliteratureingeneral,whethereliteorpopular,andtheperiodinquestionhascontinuedtobeviewednegatively.Thisvolumeseekstorectifythesituat

4、ion.RogerAllenandD.S.Richardsbringtogethersomeofthemostdistinguishedscholarsinthefieldtorecordasmuchasisknownabouttheliterarymovementsandaesthetictrendsofthisperiod.Thevolumeisdividedintopartswiththetraditionsofpoetryandprosecoveredseparatelywithinbotht

5、heir‘elite’and‘popular’contexts.Thelasttwopartsaredevotedtodrama,itsoriginsandtentativedevelopment,andtheindigenoustraditionofliterarycriticism.AstheonlyworkofitskindinEnglishcoveringthepost-classicalperiod,thisbookpromisestobeauniqueresourceforstudent

6、sandscholarsofArabicliteratureformanyyearstocome.RogerAllenisProfessorofArabicandComparativeLiteratureattheUniversityofPennsylvaniainPhiladelphia.HeistheauthorofTheArabicNovel(1982,1995)andTheArabicLiteraryHeritage(1998).Hecurrentlyservesinaneditorialc

7、apacityforthejournalMiddleEasternLiteraturesandtheArabicLiteratureSeriesoftheDictionaryofLiteraryBiography.D.S.RichardsisEmeritusFellowofStCrossCollege,Oxford,andUniversityLecturerinArabic(retired).HispublicationsincludeMamlukJerusalem(1987)andnumerous

8、articlesonmedievalIslamichistory.HeisthetranslatorofIbnShaddad’sLifeofSaladin(2001)andTheAnnalsoftheTurks(2002).CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008ARABICLITERATURE