The Maqámát of Badí' al-Zamán al-Hamadhání

Name: The Maqámát of Badí' al-Zamán al-Hamadhání
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By Prendergast, W. J.

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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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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 208
Release Date:: 2015-10-14
Publication Date:: 2015-10-13
Publisher:: Routledge
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 113893979X
ISBN13:: 9781138939790
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 482 g
Height:: 161 cm
Width:: 240 cm
Thickness:: 16 cm

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