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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... land , their hearts were [ fiercer ] than those of lions . They could foretell a stormwind before it came and a downpour before it happened . Each one of them , his heart was [ fiercer ] / and his arm more valorous than his fel- low's ...
... land of Havilah , where there is gold ; and the gold of that land is good : there is bdellium and the onyx stone . And the name of the second river is Gihon : the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia . And the name of ...
... land of Egypt , but after them there will arise seven years of famine , and all the plen- ty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt ; the famine will consume the land , and the plenty will be unknown in the land by reason of that famine ...
Table des matières
Introduction to Section | 5 |
Poetry | 7 |
The Pyramid Texts 24642355 B C | 14 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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