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| Document Type: | Book |
| Title: | Islam and medieval hellenism : social and cultural perspectives / Gustave E. von Grunebaum; edited with a foreword by Dunning S. Wilson; preface by Speros Vryonis, Jr. |
| Author: | Grunebaum, Gustave E. von (Gustave Edmund), 1909-1972 |
| Added Author: | Wilson, Dunning S. |
| Publisher: | London : Variorum Reprints, 1976. |
| Pages: | 420 p. in various pagings: ill., port. |
| ISBN: | 0902089927 |
| Notes: | Contains 20 articles by Von Grunebaum, all reprints of articles in English, French, or German, orginally published between 1937 and 1970Includes original pagings |
| Bibliographic Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents: | Islam and hellenism -- Islam: its inherent power of expansion and adaptation -- The problem: unity in diversity -- The structure of the Muslim town -- The sacred character of Islamic cities -- The convergence of cultural traditions in the Mediterranean area -- The sources of Islamic civilization -- The problem of cultural influence -- Le concept de classicisme culturel -- Islam: the problem of changing perspective -- Islam: experience of the holy and concept of man --Parallelism, convergence, and influence in the relations of Arab and Byzantine philosophy, literature, and piety -- Byzantine iconoclasm and the influence of the Islamic environment -- Observations on the Muslim concept of evil -- Literature in the context of Islamic civilization -- Arabic poetics -- On the origin and early development of Arabic muzdawij poetry -- Greek form elements in the Arabian Nights -- Eine poetische polemik szischen Byzanz und Bagdad im 10. jahrhundert -- Observations on city panegyrics in Arabic prose. |
| Descriptors: | Literature, Ancient -- Greek influence Poetics Poetry -- Paired rhymes Thousand and one nights Belles-lettres Literature, Byzantine -- Arab influence Panegyric |
| Series: | CS48 |
| Location: | Corpus Christi College, Oxford. CCC Main Libr. 306.0917671 VO |
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