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Hardback. Explores the use of allegory in the writing of the renowned eleventh-century Muslim philosopher known in the West as Avicenna, paying special attention to the ways he influenced theological, mystical, and literary thought in subsequent Islamic-and Western-intellectual and religious history. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CS; HPD; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812231519
- ISBN
- 9780812231519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.51
€ 71.51
Paperback. Offers an exploration of the indissoluble link between war and sexuality based on over the years of interviews by the well-known Lebanese expatriate teacher, critic, and writer. This book refers to sexuality as the physical and psychological relations of men and women, and examines Middle Eastern customs involved in defining such relationships. Editor(s): Accad, Evelyne. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DSB; JFC; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814706152
- ISBN
- 9780814706152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 538 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CJBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 814. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 538
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477309438
- ISBN
- 9781477309438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.84
€ 46.99
€ 41.84
Hardcover. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479877928
- ISBN
- 9781479877928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.39
€ 33.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSBH; HRJ; JFHF; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479889655
- ISBN
- 9781479889655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.31
€ 81.31
Hardcover. Presents the first English translation of two important texts, with a new critical edition based on several original manuscripts Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814729144
- ISBN
- 9780814729144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.70
€ 43.70
Paperback. Scripture is at the centre of many religions. This book looks at the function, development and implications of the centrality of text upon the Jewish community. It forms an introduction to Jewish hermeneutics, exploring shifts from the Bible to the Torah and biblical religion to rabbinic Judaism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; CFP; HRCG; HRJ; HRLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674661127
- ISBN
- 9780674661127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.02
€ 46.99
€ 39.02
paperback. Arabs have traditionally considered classical Arabic poetry, together with the Qur'an, as one of their supreme cultural accomplishments. Taking a comparatist approach, this book attempts to integrate the classical Arabic lyric into an enlarged understanding of lyric poetry as a genre. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226773360
- ISBN
- 9780226773360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.53
€ 42.99
€ 33.53
Hardcover. The 9th-century essayist, theologian and encyclopedist 'Amr b Bahr al-Jahiz has long been acknowledged as a master of early Arabic prose writing. This book looks at letters from one of the most unique minds of the Abbasid era that cover sectarian and ethnic rivalries, ethical questions, intoxicating beverages and daily life. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Classical Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748692743
- ISBN
- 9780748692743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.57€ 102.99
€ 106.57
€ 102.99
Paperback. Focusing on the body as a site of rupture and signification, this book shifts the paradigm for the study of modernity in the Arab context from questions of representation, translation, and cultural exchange to an engagement with a genealogy of symptoms and affects embodied in texts from the nineteenth-century onward. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251728
- ISBN
- 9780823251728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Hardback. This is a work of unprecedented scope that traces the origins of Jewish autobiographical writing from the early-modern period to the early twentieth century. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACY; 2CSJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751575
- ISBN
- 9780804751575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.62
€ 96.62
Hardback. Focusing on the body as a site of rupture and signification, this book shifts the paradigm for the study of modernity in the Arab context from questions of representation, translation, and cultural exchange to an engagement with a genealogy of symptoms and affects embodied in texts from the nineteenth-century onward. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251711
- ISBN
- 9780823251711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.23
€ 85.23
Paperback. Unlike the literary traditions of the United States, England, and France, the first century of Hebrew literature was lacking in women novelists; women tended to write poetry, while prose fiction was mainly the domain of male writers. This book presents a comparative analysis of Israeli fiction by women and some of its Western models. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231111478
- ISBN
- 9780231111478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.41
€ 37.99
€ 27.41
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Loki Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780952942641
- ISBN
- 9780952942641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 69 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CFF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 5. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 69
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780936347516
- ISBN
- 9780936347516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.13
€ 41.99
€ 30.13
Hardcover. Editor(s): Sadr, Houshang Keshavarz; Akbari, Hamid. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 2CSR; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781588140265
- ISBN
- 9781588140265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.87€ 74.51
€ 96.87
€ 74.51
Paperback. Editor(s): Kowsari, Hossein. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; 2CSR; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780936347820
- ISBN
- 9780936347820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.56€ 48.30
€ 61.56
€ 48.30
Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 175 x 27. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772896120
- ISBN
- 9788772896120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.40
€ 47.99
€ 34.40
Paperback. Includes a text in Danish and Arabic. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788776741600
- ISBN
- 9788776741600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.45
€ 20.99
€ 16.45
Paperback. This collection brings together essays by authorities in the field on nine contemporary Arab women novelists from Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon and Palestine. The works focus on texts available in English translations and explore topics such as the relationship of the authors' texts to societal change. Editor(s): Majaj, Lisa Suhair; Sunderman, Paula; Saliba, Therese. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DN; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629764
- ISBN
- 9780815629764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.19
€ 27.19