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Cheikho, Louis. History of Arabic Literature in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
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| Title: | History of Arabic Literature in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries | | Subtitle: | La Litterature Arabe au XIXe Siècle | | Series: | Christianity in the Islamic World 2 | | By Louis Cheikho | | ISBN: | 978-1-59333-539-7 | | Publication Date: | 9/2008 | | From the 1925 edition | | Language: | Arabic | | Format: | Hardback, Black, 6 x 9 in | | Publisher: | Gorgias Press LLC |
A rare volume by the Jesuit priest Louis Cheikho, this study evolved from a survey covering the period 1800-1925 to a revised edition covering 1800-1900. With his characteristic sharp eye for Arabic literature, Cheikho presents here an overview of a century of literary achievement. Presented in its original Arabic, this volume preserves insights based on collections from Middle Eastern and European libraries, bringing together fragments of otherwise scattered material. A resident of Beirut, Cheikho intimately knew the literature of his culture and sought to bring it to the wider world. In Arabic.
Louis Cheikho (1859-1927) was a Jesuit priest in Lebanon and was one-time director of the Bibliothèque Oriental in Beirut. Fr. Cheikho collected poetry during the course of his travels to acquire manuscripts throughout Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Turkey. | |
| | Cheikho, Louis. History of Arabic Literature in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries | | ISBN: | 978-1-59333-539-7 | | Weight: | 1 LBS. | | Price: | $142.00 | | To get the 30% Gorgias BiblioPerks™ discount, simply login. | |
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