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A History of Ottoman Poetry

Volume IV - 1700-1850

by E. J. W. Gibb ...

Series series Gibb Memorial Trust Turkish Studies
The History of Ottoman Poetry, first published in six volumes between 1900 and 1909, was the principal product of E.J.W. Gibb’s devotion to Ottoman Turkish literature. By the time of his early death in 1901 only the first volume had appeared in print. The remainder was almost complete and was seen through the press by Gibb’s friend and literary executor, the Persian scholar E. G. Browne. The ... Read more

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The History of Ottoman Poetry, first published in six volumes between 1900 and 1909, was the principal product of E.J.W. Gibb’s devotion to Ottoman Turkish literature. By the time of his early death in 1901 only the first volume had appeared in print. The remainder was almost complete and was seen through the press by Gibb’s friend and literary executor, the Persian scholar E. G. Browne. The
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A Sea of Languages

Rethinking the Arabic Role in Medieval Literary History

Edited by Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Karla Mallette ...

Medieval European literature was once thought to have been isolationist in its nature, but recent scholarship has revealed the ways in which Spanish and Italian authors – including Cervantes and Marco Polo – were influenced by Arabic poetry, music, and philosophy. A Sea of Languages brings together some of the most influential scholars working in Muslim-Christian-Jewish cultural communications ... Read more

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Medieval European literature was once thought to have been isolationist in its nature, but recent scholarship has revealed the ways in which Spanish and Italian authors – including Cervantes and Marco Polo – were influenced by Arabic poetry, music, and philosophy. A Sea of Languages brings together some of the most influential scholars working in Muslim-Christian-Jewish cultural communications
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Strange Times, My Dear

The PEN Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature

Edited by Nahid Mozaffari, Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak ...

When Arcade Publishing originally contracted this extraordinary collection of poetry and literature, the Department of the Treasury was attempting to censor the publication of works from countries on America’s “enemies list.” Arcade, along with the PEN American Center, the Association of American Publishers Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, and the Association of American University ... Read more

$19.41 NZD

When Arcade Publishing originally contracted this extraordinary collection of poetry and literature, the Department of the Treasury was attempting to censor the publication of works from countries on America’s “enemies list.” Arcade, along with the PEN American Center, the Association of American Publishers Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, and the Association of American University
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Love at a Crux

The New Persian Romance in a Global Middle Ages

by Cameron Cross ...

Love at a Crux presents the emergence of versified love stories in the New Persian language as a crucial event in the history of romance. Using the tale of Vis & Rāmin (w. 1054) as its focal point, the book explores how Persian court poets in the eleventh century reconfigured "myths" and "fables" from the distant past in ways that transformed the love story from a form of evening entertainment to ... Read more

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Love at a Crux presents the emergence of versified love stories in the New Persian language as a crucial event in the history of romance. Using the tale of Vis & Rāmin (w. 1054) as its focal point, the book explores how Persian court poets in the eleventh century reconfigured "myths" and "fables" from the distant past in ways that transformed the love story from a form of evening entertainment to
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Knights in Arms

Prose Romance, Masculinity, and Eastern Mediterranean Trade in Early Modern England, 1565-1655

by Goran Stanivukovic ...

Drawing from medieval chivalric culture, the prose romance was a popular early modern genre featuring stories of courtship, combat, and travel. Flourishing at the same moment as the growing English trade with the Eastern Mediterranean, prose romances adopted both Eastern settings and new conceptions of masculinity – commercial rather than chivalric, erotic rather than militant.Knights in Arms ... Read more

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Drawing from medieval chivalric culture, the prose romance was a popular early modern genre featuring stories of courtship, combat, and travel. Flourishing at the same moment as the growing English trade with the Eastern Mediterranean, prose romances adopted both Eastern settings and new conceptions of masculinity – commercial rather than chivalric, erotic rather than militant.Knights in Arms
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On the Harmony of Religions and Philosophy (Golden Deer Classics)

by Ibn Rushd, Averroës, Averroes ...

In this treatise Ibn Rushd (Averroes) sets out to show that the Scriptural Law (shar') of Islam does not altogether prohibit the study of philosophy by Muslims, but, on the contrary, makes it a duty for a certain class of people, those with the capacity for "demonstrative" or scientific reasoning. Apparent conflicts between the teachings of Scripture and philosophy can be reconciled by allegorical ... Read more

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In this treatise Ibn Rushd (Averroes) sets out to show that the Scriptural Law (shar') of Islam does not altogether prohibit the study of philosophy by Muslims, but, on the contrary, makes it a duty for a certain class of people, those with the capacity for "demonstrative" or scientific reasoning. Apparent conflicts between the teachings of Scripture and philosophy can be reconciled by allegorical
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The Secrets of the Self

by Muhammad Iqbal ...

The Secrets of the Selfby Muhammad Iqbal, tr. by Reynold A. NicholsonA philosophical poem by the intellectual founder of the nation of Pakistan.Asrar I Khudi. The form of existence is an effect of the Self. Whatsoever thou seest is a secret of the Self.The Asrár-i Khudí was first published at Lahore in 1915. I read it soon afterwards and thought so highly of it that I wrote to Iqbal, whom I had ... Read more

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The Secrets of the Selfby Muhammad Iqbal, tr. by Reynold A. NicholsonA philosophical poem by the intellectual founder of the nation of Pakistan.Asrar I Khudi. The form of existence is an effect of the Self. Whatsoever thou seest is a secret of the Self.The Asrár-i Khudí was first published at Lahore in 1915. I read it soon afterwards and thought so highly of it that I wrote to Iqbal, whom I had
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The Parthians and Sassanids | Children's Middle Eastern History Books

by Baby Professor ...

After the fall of the Parthians, the Sassanids came into power. In this Middle Eastern History Book, we will be discussing the transfer of power and the change in society that came along with it. It’s nice to look back into the past every now and then because that’s the only way that you will better understand the present. Grab and read a copy today. ... Read more

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After the fall of the Parthians, the Sassanids came into power. In this Middle Eastern History Book, we will be discussing the transfer of power and the change in society that came along with it. It’s nice to look back into the past every now and then because that’s the only way that you will better understand the present. Grab and read a copy today.
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列王纪研究

by 张鸿年著 ...

本书内容包括：“文明古国伊朗”、“伊朗古代宗教琐罗亚斯德教”、“历史巨变——阿拉伯人入侵”、“《列王纪》的素材”、“《列王纪》内容介绍”等。 ... Read more

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本书内容包括：“文明古国伊朗”、“伊朗古代宗教琐罗亚斯德教”、“历史巨变——阿拉伯人入侵”、“《列王纪》的素材”、“《列王纪》内容介绍”等。
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Old Babylonia | Children's Middle Eastern History Books

by Baby Professor ...

Believe it or not but what happened in Old Babylonia centuries ago still holds water today. You see, significant events in history, regardless of the setting, changed the world. They created lessons and from there, new decisions came about. That’s why the identity of the world was established and that’s how we got to live like we do today. ... Read more

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Believe it or not but what happened in Old Babylonia centuries ago still holds water today. You see, significant events in history, regardless of the setting, changed the world. They created lessons and from there, new decisions came about. That’s why the identity of the world was established and that’s how we got to live like we do today.
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The Assyrian and Neo-Assyrian Empire | Children's Middle Eastern History Books

by Baby Professor ...

How did the people from the Assyrian and Neo-Assyrian Empire live? Now is your chance to peek through the past by opening the pages of this wonderful educational resource. Learn from the lessons of the past and they will guide you to make decisions for the future. Enjoy a good read. Grab a copy of this book today! ... Read more

$7.44 NZD

How did the people from the Assyrian and Neo-Assyrian Empire live? Now is your chance to peek through the past by opening the pages of this wonderful educational resource. Learn from the lessons of the past and they will guide you to make decisions for the future. Enjoy a good read. Grab a copy of this book today!
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Lost Wisdom

Rethinking Modernity in Iran

by Abbas Milani ...

In the essays collected here, Abbas Milani uses an impressive array of cross-disciplinary Western and Iranian theories and texts to investigate the crucial question of modernity in Iran today. He offers a wealth of new insights into the thousand-year-old conflict in Iran between the search for modernity and the forces of religious obscurantism. The essays trace the roots of Shiite Islamic ... Read more

$14.42 NZD

In the essays collected here, Abbas Milani uses an impressive array of cross-disciplinary Western and Iranian theories and texts to investigate the crucial question of modernity in Iran today. He offers a wealth of new insights into the thousand-year-old conflict in Iran between the search for modernity and the forces of religious obscurantism. The essays trace the roots of Shiite Islamic
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Turkestan Down to the Mongol Invasion

by W. Barthold ...

Series series Gibb Memorial Trust Persian Studies
Academician Barthold's famous work begins in the late 7th century with the Muslim invasions of what became Russian Central Asia and carries the history of the region through the period of Abbasid centralization, that of the rise of local Muslim dynasties and successive phases of Turkish dominance down to the arrival of Chingiz Khan in the early 13th. Barthold's mastery of the historical and ... Read more

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Academician Barthold's famous work begins in the late 7th century with the Muslim invasions of what became Russian Central Asia and carries the history of the region through the period of Abbasid centralization, that of the rise of local Muslim dynasties and successive phases of Turkish dominance down to the arrival of Chingiz Khan in the early 13th. Barthold's mastery of the historical and
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Culinary Diplomacy’s Role in the Immigrant Experience

Fiction and Memoirs of Middle Eastern Women

by Jennifer Gray ...

In Culinary Diplomacy's Role in the Immigrant Experience: Fiction and Memoirs of Middle Eastern Women, the emergent field of literary food studies engages with international diplomacy studies to establish books with recipes as tools of culinary diplomacy. Foundational to the argument is culinary diplomacy scholar Sam Chapple-Sokol’s concept of Citizen Culinary Diplomacy which endorses public ... Read more

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In Culinary Diplomacy's Role in the Immigrant Experience: Fiction and Memoirs of Middle Eastern Women, the emergent field of literary food studies engages with international diplomacy studies to establish books with recipes as tools of culinary diplomacy. Foundational to the argument is culinary diplomacy scholar Sam Chapple-Sokol’s concept of Citizen Culinary Diplomacy which endorses public
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Images of the Muslim Woman in Early Modern English Drama

Queens, Eves, and Furies

by Öz Öktem ...

Early modern scholarship often reads the dramatic representations of the Muslim woman in the light of postcolonial identity politics, which sees an organic relationship between the West’s historical domination of the East and the Western discourse on the East. This book problematizes the above trajectory by arguing that the assumption of a power relation between a dominating West and a subordinate ... Read more

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Early modern scholarship often reads the dramatic representations of the Muslim woman in the light of postcolonial identity politics, which sees an organic relationship between the West’s historical domination of the East and the Western discourse on the East. This book problematizes the above trajectory by arguing that the assumption of a power relation between a dominating West and a subordinate
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Teaching Modern Arabic Literature in Translation

Edited by Michelle Hartman ...

Series Book 42 - Options for Teaching
Understanding the complexities of Arab politics, history, and culture has never been more important for North American readers. Yet even as Arabic literature is increasingly being translated into English, the modern Arabic literary tradition is still often treated as other--controversial, dangerous, difficult, esoteric, or exotic. This volume examines modern Arabic literature in context and ... Read more

$69.77 NZD

Understanding the complexities of Arab politics, history, and culture has never been more important for North American readers. Yet even as Arabic literature is increasingly being translated into English, the modern Arabic literary tradition is still often treated as other--controversial, dangerous, difficult, esoteric, or exotic. This volume examines modern Arabic literature in context and
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Selections from the Poetry of the Afghans

by Henry George Raverty ...

Selections from the Poetry of the Afghansby H. G. RavertyAnthology of later Sufi poets from Afghanistan, many translated directly from rare manuscripts."It must be remembered, that these poems are the effusions of men who never enjoyed any of what we call the luxuries of life; yet how refined are the generality of their sentiments! Of men who lived in a state, such as our own Borderers lived in, ... Read more

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Selections from the Poetry of the Afghansby H. G. RavertyAnthology of later Sufi poets from Afghanistan, many translated directly from rare manuscripts."It must be remembered, that these poems are the effusions of men who never enjoyed any of what we call the luxuries of life; yet how refined are the generality of their sentiments! Of men who lived in a state, such as our own Borderers lived in,
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Ancient Assyria | Children's Middle Eastern History Books

by Baby Professor ...

Fill your kids with some powerful knowledge about the Middle Eastern culture with this book about the Ancient Assyria. Situated in the North-eastern part of Iraq, Assyria’s history is so rich that it deserves a spot in your children’s bright minds. Teach them to start liking history by getting them a copy of this book. ... Read more

$5.58 NZD

Fill your kids with some powerful knowledge about the Middle Eastern culture with this book about the Ancient Assyria. Situated in the North-eastern part of Iraq, Assyria’s history is so rich that it deserves a spot in your children’s bright minds. Teach them to start liking history by getting them a copy of this book.
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Sufism and Transcendentalism

A Poststructuralist Dialogue Between Rumi and Whitman

by Elham Shayegh ...

The rhetoric of cultural identity generally goes in two potential directions: One a universal line that insists on an overall pattern of integration and harmony among all peoples regardless of their differences, and the other a line which suggests that various cultures are so specific and different that they will eventually enter into clash, violence and war. Drawing upon Derrida's concept of ... Read more

$128.33 NZD

The rhetoric of cultural identity generally goes in two potential directions: One a universal line that insists on an overall pattern of integration and harmony among all peoples regardless of their differences, and the other a line which suggests that various cultures are so specific and different that they will eventually enter into clash, violence and war. Drawing upon Derrida's concept of
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Muslim and Supermuslim

The Quest for the Perfect Being and Beyond

by Roy Jackson ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This book looks to the rich and varied Islamic tradition for insights into what it means to be human and, by implication, what this can tell us about the future human. The transhumanist movement, in its more radical expression, sees Homo sapiens as the cousin, perhaps the poorer cousin, of a new Humanity 2.0: ‘Man’ is replaced by ‘Superman’. The contribution that Islam can make to this movement ... Read more

$154.93 NZD

This book looks to the rich and varied Islamic tradition for insights into what it means to be human and, by implication, what this can tell us about the future human. The transhumanist movement, in its more radical expression, sees Homo sapiens as the cousin, perhaps the poorer cousin, of a new Humanity 2.0: ‘Man’ is replaced by ‘Superman’. The contribution that Islam can make to this movement
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بەئاسمانی رۆژهەڵاتی ناڤینەوە-١

by Niyazi Braim ...

Series series ١
ئەم کتێبە کە لەبەردەستدایە ، بەرگی یەکەممە لە نوسینەکانم لە ماوەی ١٥ ساڵدا، کۆی گشتی بەرگەکان خۆیان لە ١٢ بەرگ زیاتر دەدات ، کە تێکڕایان ، راپۆرتە هەواڵ و هەواڵ و شرۆڤە و دۆکۆمێنت و بابەت و راو سەرنجی میدیاکانی جیهان و هەرێمییە، سەبارەت بە هەرچوار پارچەی کوردستان و رۆژهەڵاتی ناڤین وجیهان.ئەم کتێبە یاداشت نوسینەوەی کەسیم نییە ، بەڵکو نوسینەکانمە لە ساتو شوێنی خۆیدا نوسراوە و، لە کتێبێکدا ، دەیخەمە ... Read more

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ئەم کتێبە کە لەبەردەستدایە ، بەرگی یەکەممە لە نوسینەکانم لە ماوەی ١٥ ساڵدا، کۆی گشتی بەرگەکان خۆیان لە ١٢ بەرگ زیاتر دەدات ، کە تێکڕایان ، راپۆرتە هەواڵ و هەواڵ و شرۆڤە و دۆکۆمێنت و بابەت و راو سەرنجی میدیاکانی جیهان و هەرێمییە، سەبارەت بە هەرچوار پارچەی کوردستان و رۆژهەڵاتی ناڤین وجیهان.ئەم کتێبە یاداشت نوسینەوەی کەسیم نییە ، بەڵکو نوسینەکانمە لە ساتو شوێنی خۆیدا نوسراوە و، لە کتێبێکدا ، دەیخەمە
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Premises and Problems

Essays on World Literature and Cinema

Edited by Luiza Franco Moreira ...

Series series SUNY Press Open Access
World literature, many have stressed, is a systematic category. Both literary scholars and social scientists have argued that the prestige of the major literary languages is key to establishing the shape of the overall system. In order to critically interrogate world literature and cinema, Premises and Problems approaches this system from the perspective of languages and film traditions that do ... Read more

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World literature, many have stressed, is a systematic category. Both literary scholars and social scientists have argued that the prestige of the major literary languages is key to establishing the shape of the overall system. In order to critically interrogate world literature and cinema, Premises and Problems approaches this system from the perspective of languages and film traditions that do
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Dio assemblato

Saggio sull'origine del monoteismo, fra scontro di civiltà e guerra interreligiosa

by Ton Milan ...

Dal 24 febbraio 2022 è in corso una terrificante guerra della Russia contro l’Ucraina per la contrapposizione di forze antagoniste: le filorusse e le ortodosse contro le europeiste e le cattoliche. Ancora una volta la fede religiosa è coinvolta nelle diatribe politiche, per cui se n’è presa visione per ribadire l’inconsistenza della religione, non esistendo la divinità che dovrebbe ... Read more

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Dal 24 febbraio 2022 è in corso una terrificante guerra della Russia contro l’Ucraina per la contrapposizione di forze antagoniste: le filorusse e le ortodosse contro le europeiste e le cattoliche. Ancora una volta la fede religiosa è coinvolta nelle diatribe politiche, per cui se n’è presa visione per ribadire l’inconsistenza della religione, non esistendo la divinità che dovrebbe
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Writing in Red

Literature and Revolution Across Turkey and the Soviet Union

by Nergis Ertürk ...

Series series Modernist Latitudes
The republic of Turkey and the Soviet Union both emerged from the wreckage of empires surrounding World War I, and pathways of literary exchange soon opened between the two revolutionary states. Even as the Turkish government pursued a friendly relationship with the USSR, it began to persecute communist writers. Whether going through official channels or fleeing repression, many Turkish writers ... Read more

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The republic of Turkey and the Soviet Union both emerged from the wreckage of empires surrounding World War I, and pathways of literary exchange soon opened between the two revolutionary states. Even as the Turkish government pursued a friendly relationship with the USSR, it began to persecute communist writers. Whether going through official channels or fleeing repression, many Turkish writers
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