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Remembering the Corpus [Part 2]

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A Corpus, Not a Canon
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Different genres embraced by LAL and modes of writing. Julia Bray and James Montgomery lead discussion with Beatrice Gruendler and Shawkat Toorawa.
Focus on Two Travel Books by Abū Zayd al-Sīrāfī and Ahmad Ibn Faḍlān, edited and translated by Tim Mackintosh-Smith and James Montgomery; Consorts of the Caliphs, edited by Shawkat M. Toorawa and translated by the Editors of the Library of Arabic Literature; and The Life and Times of Abū Tammām by Abū Bakr al-Ṣūlī, edited and translated by Beatrice Gruendler.

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Series
A Corpus, Not a Canon
People
Julia Bray
James Montgomery
Beatrice Gruendier
Shawkat Toorawa
Keywords
Arabic literature
islam
classics
Corpus
history
Department: All Souls College
Date Added: 29/05/2015
Duration: 00:44:51

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