History and Memory in the Abbasid Caliphate: Writing the Past in Medieval Arabic Literature by Osti, Letizia

History and Memory in the Abbasid Caliphate: Writing the Past in Medieval Arabic Literature (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781788319232)

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History and Memory in the Abbasid Caliphate: Writing the Past in Medieval Arabic Literature by Osti, Letizia

History and Memory in the Abbasid Caliphate: Writing the Past in Medieval Arabic Literature

$120.00
History and Memory in the Abbasid Caliphate: Writing the Past in Medieval Arabic Literature by Osti, Letizia

History and Memory in the Abbasid Caliphate: Writing the Past in Medieval Arabic Literature

$120.00
Format: Hardcover
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Abu Bakr al-Suli was a noted polymath and table companion in the courts of three Abbasid caliphs. In addition to his work as observer of the court, he is perhaps best known for his poetry - which would have a long-lasting influence on Arabic literature - historiographical insight and skill as a chess player.

Letizia Osti here provides the first full-length English-language study devoted to al-Suli. In so doing, she sheds light onto broader questions, such as: How did the Abbasid court make sense of the past? What was the importance of written culture? And book collecting? What does 'historiography' mean in a medieval Islamic context?

Author: Letizia Osti
ISBN-10: 1788319230
ISBN-13: 9781788319232
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 06/16/2022
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d
By Letizia Osti
By Letizia Osti
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Letizia Osti is Associate Professor of Arabic Literature and Language at the University of Milan, Italy. She has been published in journals such as the Journal of Abbasid Studies, the Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies and Middle Eastern Literatures is the co-author of Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court (2013).

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