{"product_id":"the-anthologist-s-art-abu-mansur-al-tha-alibi-and-his-yatimat-al-dahr-9789004316294","title":"The Anthologist’s Art: Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī and His Yatīmat al-dahr","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy did premodern authors in the Arabic-Islamic culture compile literary anthologies, and why were these works remarkably popular? How can an anthology that consists of reproduced material be original and creative, and serve various literary and political ends? How did anthologists select their material, then record and arrange it?  This book examines the life and works of Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī (350–429\/961–1039), an eminent anthologist from Nīshāpūr, paying special attention to his magnum opus, Yatīmat al-dahr (The Unique Pearl), and its sequel, Tatimmat al-Yatīma (The Completion of the Yatīma). This book is a direct window on to an anthologist’s workshop in the second half of the fourth\/tenth century. It examines the methodological consciousness expressed in Thaʿālibī’s selection and arrangement, and his sophisticated system of internal references and cross-references to other works; how he selected from his contemporaries’ oeuvres; how he sought, recorded, memorized, misplaced, and sometimes lost or forgot his selections; how he scrutinized the authenticity of material, accepting, questioning, or rejecting its attribution; and the errors and inconsistencies that resulted from this process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eيضع الدكتور الأرفه لي في كتابه هذا مؤلفي \"اليتيمة والتتمة\" في سياقهما الأدبي، عارضا لهما من باب المقارنة والتحقيق والتصنيف، مقدما وسيلة بحثية غنية للباحثين ومهتمين بفن المختارات الأدبية. فيفكك حبكة الكتاب وخطة المؤلف إلى عناصر وسمات تميز \"اليتيمة والتتمة\" من غيرهما من كتب المختارات الأدبية. كما ويجمع الكتاب بعضا من آراء الباحثين ما يجعله بابا للتعرف على فن المختارات الأدبية مجالات البحث والدراسة فيها. علاء كيالي، المشرق 91\/2، تموز-كانون الأول 2017 Alaa Kayali, al-Mashriq 91\/2, July-December 2017  \"الكتباب الذي بين أيدينا دراسة جادة ومتأنية وعميقة، ستترك ولا شك أثرًا كبيرا في الدراسات العربية، فهي تطرح وتعالج عددًا كبيرًا من الأسئلة الأدبية والثقافية، وتفتح الباب أمام عدد جديد من الأسئلة المتعلّقة بالأنواع الأدبية العربية القديمة، وطرق التأليف العربية، وعلاقة الأدباء بالقصور، ورحلاتهم الأدبية والمهنية، وتذوق الأمراء والوزراء والنقّاد والأدباء للأدب في القرنين الرابع والخامس الهجريين.\" مريم مشتاوي، الشرق الأوسط، 16 رمضان 1437\\21 يونيو 2016، العدد 13720 Maryam Mishtawi, Al-Sharq al-Awsat, 21 June 2016, issue 13720  \"The Anthologist's Art is a welcome contribution to our knowledge of literary anthologies and of adab in the fourth to the fifth\/tenth to the eleventh centuries. It points the way to further inquiries into the networks through which adab circulated and the tastes that informed its evaluation.\" Matthew L. Keegan, in: Al-Abhath 64 (2016)   \"Bilal Orfail's study is an important work of literary scholarship. It is important both for its detailed account of al-Thaʿālibī's career (his works, his methods, and his legacy) as well as for the attention it pays to an exemplar of a genre that has played a critical role in the development and perservation of classical Arabic poetic and literary traditions.\"  Adam Talib, Durham University, in: Journal of the American Oriental Society 139\/1 (2019)    \"The Anthologist's Art offers a truly comprehensive picture of the Yatīmat al-dahr and Tatimmat al-Yatīma. The amount of questions Orfali discusses makes it an important survey that has few equals in the history of Arabic literature. Its undoubted merit consists in contextualizing the enormous quantity of materials collected by Thaʿālibī' within the broader socio-literary framework of the century in which he lived and within the type of works through which he chose to express himself. Ultimately, it offers a further, indispensable, piece of knowledge of a central activity for cultivating adab (not yet sufficiently appreciated) that was anthologizing.\"   Francesca Bellino, Università degli Studi di Napoli \"L'Orientale\", in: Annali, sezione Orientale 79 (2019)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Acknowledgments Abbreviations List of Illustrations Note on Editions and Manuscripts of the Yatīma and Tatimma  1. The Art of Anthology in Premodern Arabic Literature Anthology and Adab Approaches to the Study of Arabic Literary Anthology in Modern Scholarship Motives for Anthologizing A Map of Arabic Poetry Anthologies  2. Life and Legacy of Thaʿālibī Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī Legacy of Thaʿālibī Bibliography of Thaʿālibī Printed Authentic Works Printed, Authenticity Doubtful Printed, Authenticity Rejected In Manuscript, Authentic works In Manuscript, Authenticity Uncertain In Manuscript, Authenticity Rejected Works Surviving in Quotations Lost Works  3. An Anthologist at Work: The Organization and Structure of the Yatīma and Tatimma Organization Prominent Litterateurs Courts, Dynasties and Other Patrons Cities and Sub-Regions Critical Awareness in the Organization of the Yatīma and Tatimma Selection of Material The Arrangement of Entries in a Chapter: Proximity and Resemblance References and Cross-References Cross-References References in the Tatimma to the Yatīma References to the Earlier Version of the Yatīma References to Other Works by Thaʿālibī Later Additions to the Yatīma Authenticity and Misattribution Forgotten, Lost, and Inconsistent Material  4. The Sources of Thaʿālibī in Yatīmat al-Dahr and Tatimmat al-Yatīma Written Sources Dīwāns Books Other Written Media Oral\/Aural Sources Main Guarantors in the Yatīma Main Guarantors in the Tatimma Conclusion  5. Material within the Entry Categorization and Arrangement of Material within Entries The Biographical Summary Dates Deaths of Poets Religious Views Training and Education Professions Families of Litterateurs Characterization of Litterateurs and Their Literary Oeuvres Geographical Context Social Context Historical Context Comparing Litterateurs Knowledge of Persian Relations between Contemporaries Physical and Character Features Patronage Patron-Littérateur Relations Admission to a Court Meeting a Patron Leaving a Court Prison Incidents and Stories Description of Courtly Majālis Evaluating Literary Production  Conclusion  Appendix 1: Outline of the Yatīma and Tatimma Appendix 2: Sources of Yatīmat al-Dahr Appendix 3: Sources of Tatimmat al-Yatīma Appendix 4: Comparisons between Poets  Bibliography Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210685571415,"sku":"9789004316294","price":124.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-anthologist-s-art-abu-mansur-al-tha-alibi-and-his-yatimat-al-dahr-9789004316294","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}