Medieval Arabic historiography : authors as actors
 Series SOAS/Routledge studies on the Middle East ; 5
 Author: Hirschler, Konrad.
 Format: Book
 Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
 Language: English
 Summary:
This book is concerned with the social contexts and the narrative structures of pre-modern Islamic historiography. In particular it deals with three perspectives: Social history, history of ideas and literary studies.
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Item Description
  • x, 181 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • ISBN: 0415383773 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780415383776 (hbk.)
  • OCLC Number: 62796304
Notes
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-172) and index.
DUKE003739548
Table of Contents
  • List of illustrations (p. vi)
  • Acknowledgements (p. vii)
  • Notes on romanization and terminology (p. viii)
  • 1. Introduction (p. 1)
  • 2. Historical and historiographical background (p. 7)
  • 3. Social contexts (p. 15)
  • 4. Intellectual contexts (p. 43)
  • 5. Textual agency I: titles, final sections and historicization (p. 63)
  • 6. Textual agency II; micro-arrangement, motifs and political thought (p. 86)
  • 7. Reception after the seventh/thirteenth century (p. 115)
  • 8. Conclusion (p. 122)
  • Appendix (p. 124)
  • Notes (p. 127)
  • Bibliography (p. 159)
  • Index (p. 173)
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Title Summary
This book is concerned with the social contexts and the narrative structures of pre-modern Islamic historiography. In particular it deals with three perspectives: Social history, history of ideas and literary studies.
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