The Tale of al-Barrāq Son of Rawḥān and Laylā the Chaste: A bilingual edition and study
Author:   Marlé Hammond (Professor of History, Professor of History, SOAS University of London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780197266687


Pages:   100
Publication Date:   23 April 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Marlé Hammond (Professor of History, Professor of History, SOAS University of London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9780197266687


ISBN 10:   0197266681
Pages:   100
Publication Date:   23 April 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations A Note on Transliteration and Terminology A Note on the Manuscripts and Published Editions A Note on the (Incorrect) Attribution of the Tale to ?Umar b. Shabba Key Dates 1: From Fiction to History and Back: The Tale, its Versions and its Afterlives 2: The Tale of al-Barrāq Son of Rawḥān and Laylā the Chaste, in English translation 3: The Narrative, Its Components and its 'Novelisation' Bibliography Appendix: The Arabic Text

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Marlé Hammond is currently Senior Lecturer in Arabic Popular Literature and Culture at SOAS University of London, where she has taught courses on Arabic literature and Middle Eastern Cinema. Previously she was British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow (2007-2010) and St. John's College Research Centre Fellow (2002-2006) at Oxford University. She was raised in Albany, New York, and studied under Pierre Cachia, George Saliba and Magda Al-Nowaihi at Columbia University in New York City. From June 1990 to June 1991, she was a Center for Arabic Study Abroad Fellow at the American University in Cairo. She now resides in Oxford with her husband and two teenage children.

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