Literatures of the Middle East: From Antiquity to the PresentWillis Barnstone, Tony Barnstone Prentice Hall, 2003 - 487 pages This extraordinary anthology gathers together a broad selection of representative, authoritative writings--spanning antiquity to the present--from the non-Western civilizations of the Middle East. It combines extensive introductions, headnotes, and bibliographies with excellent literary translations of the best contemporary and classical writers. KEY TOPICS: The selections reflect literary, religious, and philosophical traditions and reveal--despite cultural differences--the universality of life experiences. Primary literary genres (poetry, fiction, and drama) as well as key religions, philosophical, historic, aesthetic, biographical and political texts are covered. MARKET: For readers of Middle Eastern, World, and Non-Western Literature. |
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... garden eastward in Eden ; and there he put the man whom he had formed . And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleas- ant to the sight , and good for food ; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden ...
... garden , for it was a hot day . No one was there except the two elders , who had hidden them- selves and were watching her . She said to her maids , " Bring me olive oil and ointments , and shut the garden doors so that I can bathe ...
... Garden and the mixed prose and poetry Gulistan or The Rose Garden , parts of which are presented here . He also wrote absurd and obscene verses , or hazaliyat . The moral lessons of his delightful teaching tales make him a “ philosopher ...
Table des matières
Introduction to Section | 5 |
Poetry | 7 |
The Pyramid Texts 24642355 B C | 14 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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