The Epistle of Forgiveness: Volume One: A Vision of Heaven and Hell

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NYU Press, 23 aug 2013 - 464 pagina's

One of the most unusual books in classical Arabic literature, The Epistle of Forgiveness is the lengthy reply by the prolific Syrian poet and prose writer Abu l-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (d. 449/1057), to a letter written by an obscure grammarian, Ibn al-Qarih. With biting irony, The Epistle of Forgiveness mocks Ibn al-Qarih's hypocrisy and sycophancy by imagining he has died and arrived with some difficulty in Heaven, where he meets famous poets and philologists from the past. He also glimpses Hell, and converses with the Devil and various heretics. Al-Ma'arri—a maverick, a vegan, and often branded a heretic himself—seems to mock popular ideas about the Hereafter. This book, the first of two volumes, includes Ibn al-Qarih’s initial letter to al-Ma'arri, as well as the first half of The Epistle of Forgiveness.

This translation is the first complete translation in any language and retains the many digressions, difficult passages, and convoluted grammatical discussions of the original typically omitted in other translations. It is accompanied by a comprehensive introduction and detailed annotation. Replete with erudite commentary, amusing anecdotes, and sardonic wit, The Epistle of Forgiveness is an imaginative tour-de-force by one of the most pre-eminent figures in classical Arabic literature.

A bilingual Arabic-English edition.

 

Inhoudsopgave

THE EPISTLE OF FORGIVENESS
65
Notes
325
Glossary of Names and Terms
370
Bibliography
392
Further Reading
400
Index
404
About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
424
About the Typefaces
425
About the EditorTranslators
426
Copyright

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Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī (Author)
Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī (363-449/973-1058) was a major poet and prose writer of the late Abbasid period. Born near Aleppo, Syria, he lost his eyesight in childhood and was renowned for his asceticism.

Geert Jan van Gelder (Edited and Translated by)
Geert Jan van Gelder was Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford from 1998 to 2012. He is the author of several books on classical Arabic literature, including Beyond the Line: Classical Arabic Literary Critics on the Coherence and Unity of the Poem and Of Dishes and Discourse: Classical Arabic Literary Representations of Food.

Gregor Schoeler (Edited and Translated by)
Gregor Schoeler was the chair of Islamic Studies at the University of Basel from 1982 to 2009. His books in the fields of Islamic Studies and classical Arabic literature include The Oral and the Written in Early Islam, and Paradies und Holle, a partial German translation of The Epistle of Forgiveness.

Bibliografische gegevens

TitelThe Epistle of Forgiveness: Volume One: A Vision of Heaven and Hell
Volume 32 van Library of Arabic Literature
AuteurAbū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī
vertaald doorGeert Jan van Gelder, Gregor Schoeler
UitgeverNYU Press, 2013
ISBN0814771971, 9780814771976
Lengte464 pagina's
  
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