The Literature of Al-Andalus

by María Rosa Menocal (Editor), Raymond P. Scheindlin (Editor), Michael Sells (Editor)

Overview

The Literature of Al-Andalus is an exploration of the culture of Iberia, present-day Spain and Portugal, during the period when it was an Islamic, mostly Arabic-speaking territory, from the eighth to the thirteenth century, and in the centuries following the Christian conquest when Arabic continued to be widely used. The volume embraces many other related spheres of Arabic culture including philosophy, art, architecture and music. It also extends the subject to other literatures - especially Hebrew and Romance literatures - that burgeoned alongside Arabic and created the distinctive hybrid culture of medieval Iberia. Edited by an Arabist, an Hebraist and a Romance scholar, with individual chapters compiled by a team of the world's leading experts of Islamic Iberia, Sicily and related cultures, this is a truly interdisciplinary and comparative work which offers a interesting approach to the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781139930307
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/31/2000
Series:	The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	7 MB

Table of Contents

List of illustrations; Notes on transliteration; 1. Visions of al-Andalus Mariá Rosa Menocal; Madinat al-Zahrã' and the Umayyad palace D. F. Ruggles; Part I. The Shapes of Culture: 2. Language Consuelo López-Morillas; 3. Music Dwight Reynolds; 4. Spaces Jerrilynn D. Dodds; 5. Knowledge Peter Heath; 6. Love Michael Sells; The Great Mosque of Córdoba D. F. Ruggles; Part II. The Shapes of Literature: 7. The muwashshah Tova Rosen; 8. The maqama Rina Drory; 9. The qasida Beatrice Gruendler; The Aljafería in Saragossa and Taifa spaces Cynthia Robinson; Part III. Andalusians: 10. Ibn Hazm Eric Ormsby; 11. Moses Ibn Ezra Raymond P. Scheindlin; 12. Judah Halevi Ross Brann; 13. Petrus Alfonsi Lourdes María Alvárez; 14. Ibn Quzmãn Amila Buturovic; 15. Ibn Zaydun Devin J. Stewart; 16. Ibn Tufayl Lenn Goodman; 17. Ibn 'Arabi Alexander Knysh; 18. Ramon Llull Gregory B. Stone; 19. Ibn al-Khatib Alexander Knysh; The dual heritage in Sicilian monuments D. F. Ruggles; Part IV. To Sicily: 20. Poetries of the Norman courts Karla Mallette; 21. Ibn Hamdis and the poetry of nostalgia William Granara; 22. Michael Scot and the translators Thomas E. Burman; Mudejar Teruel and Spanish identity D. F. Ruggles; Part V. Marriages and Exiles: 23. The Mozarabs H. D. Miller and Hanna E. Kassis; 24. The Arabized Jews Ross Brann; 25. The Sephardim Samuel G. Armistead; 26. The Moriscos Luce López-Baralt; Part VI. To al-Andalus, Would She Return the Greeting: The Nuniyya (poem in N) of Ibn Zaydun; Index.

Editorial Reviews

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"Chapters are informative, thoughtful and well-written." Times Literary Supplement

"The quality of the writing throughout the volume is superb, and the interdisciplinary and pluricultural approaches of the collected essays make for fascinating, enjoyable reading." La Coronica

"The editors have created a multidimensional tapestry, aptly reflecting the rich, complex, intertwined culture of Al- Andalus." Reference Reviews (UK)

"The editors of this installment of the Cmabridge History of Arabic Literature are to be commended for their broad and inclusive view of the languages and literatures of Andalusia. Covering the ninth to the early nineteenth centuries, they trace some of the creative intersections and confluenceof Arabic, Hebrew and Spanish, as well as of architecture and music." MESA Bulletin

"...straightforward and clear...very helpful as a reference work for understanding a subject that is significant..." Comitatus

"A sound and detailed introduction of enormous utility." Speculum

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