Includes bibliographical references (pages xiv-xviii) and index.
Contents
Pagan poets (A.D.500-622) -- The Qur'an -- Court culture (7th-8th centuries) -- Widening horizons (c. 750-c. 900) -- The wandering scholars (c. 900-1175) -- The lost kingdoms of the Arabs: Andalusia -- Servitude of military grandeur.
Summary
"Night and Horses and the Desert reveals the authentic greatness of Classical Arabic literature. Selecting a wide range of Arabic poetry and prose in translation, from the most important and typical texts to the very obscure, Robert Irwin provides an introduction to the subject."--Jacket.
