Special Issue: The Maqāma Genre and the History of an Islamicate Literary Form

Jonathan P Decter; Maurice Pomerantz

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Special Issue: The Maqāma Genre and the History of an Islamicate Literary Form

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Special Issue: The Maqāma Genre and the History of an Islamicate Literary Form

Jonathan P Decter and Maurice Pomerantz

Intellectual history of the Islamicate world, Vol.10(1-2)

Brill

01/2022

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Arabic Language or Literature

Islamic Studies

Middle Eastern studies

This issue of the Intellectual History of the Islamicate World is the first to be devoted to a particular literary genre, the maqāma. The maqāma is a form of narrative prose fiction invented in the fourth/tenth century by Badīʿ al-Zamān al-Hamaḏānī (d. 398/1008). These short tales recount the exploits of characters as they travel throughout the cities of Syria, Iran, and Iraq, often engaging in physical disguise and linguistic trickery. The refined form of language and the spirit of wordplay reflect the shared erudite Arabic literary culture of Islamicate adab.

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Title: Special Issue: The Maqāma Genre and the History of an Islamicate Literary Form
Creators: Jonathan P Decter - Brandeis University, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
Maurice Pomerantz - New York University Abu Dhabi
Publication Details: Intellectual history of the Islamicate world, Vol.10(1-2)
Publisher: Brill
Identifiers: 9924144211701921
Academic Unit: Interdepartmental Program in Comparative Literature and Culture; Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies; Division of Humanities; Interdepartmental Program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Interdepartmental Program in Religious Studies
Resource Type: Journal issue

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