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Book SynopsisThe present English translation reproduces the original German of Carl Brockelmann’s Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur (GAL) as accurately as possible. In the interest of user-friendliness the following emendations have been made in the translation: Personal names are written out in full, except b. for ibn; Brockelmann’s transliteration of Arabic has been adapted to comply with modern standards for English-language publications; modern English equivalents are given for place names, e.g. Damascus, Cairo, Jerusalem, etc.; several erroneous dates have been corrected, and the page references to the two German editions have been retained in the margin, except in the Supplement volumes, where new references to the first two English volumes have been inserted.
Table of ContentsPreface Note to the Reader Transcription Introduction I The Task of Literary History II Sources and Earlier Accounts of the Literary History of the Arabs III Division of the History of Arabic Literature First Book: The National Literature of the Arabs First Section From the Beginnings until the Appearance of Muḥammad Chapter 1. The Arabic Language Chapter 2. The Beginnings of Poetry Chapter 3. The Forms of Arabic Poetry Chapter 4. The Nature of Ancient Arabic Poetry Chapter 5. The Transmission of Arabic Poetry Chapter 6. Sources for our Knowledge of Ancient Arabic Poetry Chapter 7. The Six Poets Chapter 8. Other Poets of Pre-Islamic Times Chapter 9. Jewish and Christian Poets before Islam Chapter 10. The Beginnings of Arabic Prose Second Section Muḥammad and His Time Chapter 1. Muḥammad the Prophet Chapter 2. The Qurʾān Chapter 3. Labīd and al-Aʿshā Chapter 4. Ḥassān b. Thābit Chapter 5. Kaʿb b. Zuhayr Chapter 6. Mutammim b. Nuwayra Chapter 7. Al-Khansāʾ Chapter 8. Abū Miḥjan and al-Khuṭayʾa Chapter 9. Minor Poets Chapter 10. Pseudo-ʿAlid Literature Third Section The Period of the Umayyads Chapter 2. ʿUmar b. Abī Rabīʿa Chapter 3. Other Poets in Arabia Chapter 4. Al-Akhṭal Chapter 5. Al-Farazdaq Chapter 6. Jarīr Chapter 7. Dhu ̓l-Rumma Chapter 9. Minor Poets Chapter 10. Prose Writing at the Time of the Umayyads Second Book: Islamic Literature in the Arabic Language First Section The Classical Period from ca. 750 until ca. 1000 Chapter 2. Poetry Chapter 2a. Rhymed Prose Chapter 3. Philology Chapter 4. Historiography Chapter 5. Popular Literature in Prose and Works for General Education Chapter 6. Ḥadīth Chapter 7. Fiqh Chapter 8. Qurʾānic Sciences Chapter 9. Dogmatics Chapter 10. Mysticism Chapter 12. Philosophy Chapter 13. Mathematics Chapter 14. Astronomy and Astrology Chapter 15. Geography Chapter 16. Medicine Chapter 17. Natural and Occult Sciences, Varia Chapter 18. Encyclopaedias Second Section The post-Classical Period of Islamic Literature, from ca. 400/1000 until ca. 656/1258 Introduction Chapter 1. Poetry Chapter 2. Rhymed Prose and Stylistics Chapter 3. Philology Chapter 4. Historiography Chapter 5. Belles lettres in Prose Chapter 6. Ḥadīth Chapter 7. Fiqh Chapter 8. Qurʾānic sciences Chapter 9. Dogmatics Chapter 10 Mysticism Chapter 11. Philosophy and Politics Chapter 12. Mathematics Chapter 13. Astronomy Chapter 14. Travelogues and Geographies Chapter 15. Medicine Chapter 16. Natural Sciences and Technology Chapter 16. Appendix Chapter 17. Occult Sciences Chapter 18. Encyclopedias and Polyhistors Addenda & Corrigenda
