The Raven and the Falcon

Youth Versus Old Age in Medieval Arabic Literature
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-04-27160-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 107, 426 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 798 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

This book fills a long-standing gap in Arabic-Islamic studies. Following the informative and entertaining style of adab literature and based on a large number of relevant sources from a wide range of genres, Hasan Shuraydi presents a panoramic view of relevant themes that concern youth and old age in Medieval Arabic literature intended for both specialists and non-specialists. A pattern of binary oppositions runs through such themes, e.g., black/white, male/female, husband/wife, sacred/profane, paradise/this world, ignorance/wisdom, past/present, young/old, new/old, health/disease, sappy/dry, permitted/forbidden, lust/chastity, obedience/disobedience, experience/inexperience, folly/reason, sobriety/intoxication, parent/child, celibacy/marriage, present life/hereafter. Themes discussed include: aging, ambition, aphrodisiacs, beauty, education, feminist trends, hair dyeing, homosexuality, honoring age, jihad, life stages, longevity, love, marriage, sex.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shuraydi, Hasan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literatur des Nahen Ostens & Nordafrikas

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Toward a Definition of the Ages of Man
Chapter 2: The Age of Beauty
Chapter 3: Youthful Pleasures and Repentance
Chapter 4: Lament for Lost Youth
Chapter 5: Intellectual Pursuits
Chapter 6: Code of Conduct
Chapter 7: Marriage and Sexuality
Chapter 8: Religio-Political Leadership and the Promise of Paradise
Chapter 9: Rejuvenation and Paradisiacal Youth
Concluding Remarks
Appendix A: Rhetorical Devices
Appendix B: Monographs Apparently Lost
Bibliography
General Index

Über Autor(innen)

Hasan Shuraydi, Ph.D. (1970) in Arabic-Islamic studies, Yale University. He had a career in translation/revision at the United Nations in NY and Geneva. He developed a less constrained style that suits such an apropos subject and targets a wide readership.