In this text Kilito argues that genre - not authorship - is at the heart of classic Arabic literature. He examines love poetry and panegyric, the Prophet's Hadith and the literary anecdote, as well as such themes as memorization, plagiarism and forgery and the dream visions of the dead.
| ISBN: | 9780815629368 |
| Publication date: | 30th November 2001 |
| Author: | Abdelfattah Kilito |
| Publisher: | Syracuse University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 129 pages |
| Series: | Middle East Literature in Translation |
| Genres: |
Literary companions, book reviews and guides Literary studies: general |