The Maqa?ma?t of Badi?' al-Zama?n al-Hamadha?ni?
Translated From The Arabic With An Introduction and Notes Historical and Grammatical
By W.J. Prendergast | Publisher: Taylor and Francis
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The triple aim of Hamadhání in this work, first translated into English in 1915, appears to have been to amuse, to interest and to instruct; and this explains why, in spite of the inherent difficulty of a work of this kind composed primarily with a view to the rhetorical effect upon the learned and the great, there is scarcely a dull chapter in the fifty-one maqámát or discourses. The author essayed, throughout these dramatic discourses, to illustrate the life and language both of the denizens of the desert and the dwellers in towns, and to give examples of the jargon and slang of thieves and robbers as well as the lucubrations of the learned and the conversations of the cultured.
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The triple aim of Hamadhání in this work, first translated into English in 1915, appears to have been to amuse, to interest and to instruct; and this explains why, in spite of the inherent difficulty of a work of this kind composed primarily with a view to the rhetorical effect upon the learned and the great, there is scarcely a dull chapter in the fifty-one maqámát or discourses. The author essayed, throughout these dramatic discourses, to illustrate the life and language both of the denizens of the desert and the dwellers in towns, and to give examples of the jargon and slang of thieves and robbers as well as the lucubrations of the learned and the conversations of the cultured.
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The triple aim of Hamadhání in this work, first translated into English in 1915, appears to have been to amuse, to interest and to instruct; and this explains why, in spite of the inherent difficulty of a work of this kind composed primarily with a view to the rhetorical effect upon the learned and the great, there is scarcely a dull chapter in the fifty-one maqámát or discourses. The author essayed, throughout these dramatic discourses, to illustrate the life and language both of the denizens of the desert and the dwellers in towns, and to give examples of the jargon and slang of thieves and robbers as well as the lucubrations of the learned and the conversations of the cultured.
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Philosophy and Religion > Religion and beliefs > Islam
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Is The Maqa?ma?t of Badi?' al-Zama?n al-Hamadha?ni? part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Routledge Library Editions: Islamic Thought in the Middle Ages
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Maqa?ma?t of Badi?' al-Zama?n al-Hamadha?ni??
W.J. Prendergast
Who is the Publisher of the book The Maqa?ma?t of Badi?' al-Zama?n al-Hamadha?ni??
Taylor and Francis
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The Maqa?ma?t of Badi?' al-Zama?n al-Hamadha?ni? is available as ebook(ISBN 9781317378556) and pdf(ISBN 9781317378563)