The fantastic in literature is not a modern European invention; it is present in Arabic narrative dating from the ninth century.
The Imagination Unbound contains an Arabic and English study of al-Adab al-‘Aja‘ibi, with the original Arabic text of Kitab al-Azama (The Book of Greatness) and commentary by the author.
Kamel Abu-Deeb holds the chair in Arabic at the University of London. A poet and essayist, he has published many books and papers in both Arabic and English and has been co-editor of the avant-garde journal Mawaqif.
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Early Arab writers such as Abu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arri used subversion, wit and sarcasm to critique social and political aspects of their world by mixing the real with the imaginary, the ordinary with the extraordinary, and the natural with the supernatural. This work features the Arabic text of al-Adab al-'Aja'ibi with commentary by the author. Seller Inventory # B9780863566363
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