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Arabic Literary Salons in the Islamic Middle Ages: Poetry, Public Performance, and the Presentation of the Past

Arabic Literary Salons in the Islamic Middle Ages: Poetry, Public Performance, and the Presentation of the Past

Ali, Samer M.

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Medieval & Renaissance HistoryLiterary CriticismGeneral Middle Eastern History

ISBN10: 0268020329
ISBN13: 9780268020323
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: Nov 15 2010
Pages: 308
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Arabic literary salons emerged in ninth-century Iraq and, by the tenth, were flourishing in Baghdad and other urban centers. In an age before broadcast media and classroom education, salons were the primary source of entertainment and escape for middle- and upper-rank members of society, serving also as a space and means for educating the young. Although salons relied on a culture of oral performance from memory, scholars of Arabic literature have focused almost exclusively on the written dimensions of the tradition.

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