The anthologist's art : Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī and his Yatīmat al-dahr /

Why did premodern authors in the Arabic-Islamic culture compile literary anthologies, and why were these works remarkably popular? How can an anthology that consists of reproduced material be original and creative, and serve various literary and political ends? How did anthologists select their mate...

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Main Author: Urfahʹlī, Bilāl (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Series:Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; v. 37.
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