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Impostures / Al-Hariri ; tr...
"An itinerant con man. A gullible eyewitness narrator. Voices spanning continents and centuries. These elements come together in Impostures, a groundbreaking new translation of a celebrated work of Arabic literature. Impostures follows the roguish Abu Zayd al-Sarujiin his adventures around the medieval Middle East-we encounter him impersonating a preacher, pretending to be blind, and lying to a judge. In every escapade he shows himself to be a brilliant and persuasive wordsmith, composing poetry, palindromes, and riddles on the spot. Michael Cooperson transforms Arabic wordplay into English wordplay of his own. Featuring picaresque adventures and linguistic acrobatics, Impostures brings the spirit of this masterpiece of Arabic literature into English in a dazzling display of translation"--
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monografia Rebiun39290479 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun39290479 m o d cr cnu---unuuu 191205s2020 nyub ob 000 0 eng 2019055292 9781479800865 electronic bk.) 1479800864 electronic bk.) 9781479800858 electronic bk.) 1479800856 electronic bk.) 9781479800841 hardcover) 1479800848 hardcover) AU@ 000066615158 22573/ctv1n5bw81 JSTOR DLC eng rda pn DLC OCLCO OCLCQ EBLCP OSU N$T YDX DEGRU OCLCF WAU JSTOR P@U OCLCO UKAHL OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCL OCLCQ CLOUD OCLCO UKKRT OCLCQ eng ara pcc 892.7/83407 23 Hariri 1054-1122) author Maqamat. English Impostures Al-Hariri ; translated by Michael Cooperson ; foreword by Abdelfattah Kilito New York New York University Press [2020] New York New York New York University Press 1 online resource (xlix, 492 pages) map 1 online resource (xlix, 492 pages) Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Library of Arabic literature Includes bibliographical references Impostures -- Frontmatter -- Letter from the General Editor -- Table of contents -- Foreword: In praise of pretense -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Map: The world of Abu Zayd -- Note on the translation -- Bibliography -- Impostures -- The author's introduction -- Imposture 1: Ever the twain shall meet -- Imposture 2: A basran boswell -- Imposture 3: Sing o' rich, sing o' poor -- Imposture 4: Euphues' damietta -- Imposture 5: Woolf at the door -- Imposture 6: Plain Anglish -- Imposture 7: Gangs of New Saybin -- Imposture 8: Text/ile -- Imposture 9: Stringing her along -- Imposture 10: Alharet Eben Hammam his tale -- Imposture 11: Sinners in the hands of an angry preacher -- Imposture 12: Arabia absurda -- Imposture 13: The Cozening quean of Babylon -- Imposture 14: Scot free -- Imposture 15: Hobson's choice -- Imposture 16: Con Safos -- Imposture 17: Back words -- Imposture 18: A scandal in Mesopotamia, or, the tell-tale tart -- Imposture 19: My man Zayd -- Imposture 20: Down under -- Imposture 21: Down in Bam -- Imposture 22: Leveraging the flow -- Imposture 23: Three men in a dub -- Imposture 24: Arabians learn Arabian -- Imposture 25: De froid trempé -- Imposture 26: What the Dickens? -- Imposture 27: The wild east -- Imposture 28: A void in Samarkand -- Imposture 29: The behn of his exiſtence -- Imposture 30: Stop hole abbey -- Imposture 31: A Hajji's progreſs -- Imposture 32: Jury-rigged -- Imposture 33: The joy of Yarabic -- Imposture 34: The fraud of slavery -- Imposture 35: De-canted -- Imposture 36: What is the question? -- Imposture 37: Off the heezie -- Imposture 38: Wocky talkie -- Imposture 39: The seafarer -- Imposture 40: Iran go Brágh -- Imposture 41: The cup of counsel -- Imposture 42: Discruciate this! -- Imposture 43: Containing great variety of matter -- Imposture 44: Near east enders -- Imposture 45: Cat among the pidgins -- Imposture 46: Araby -- Imposture 47: The confidence men -- Imposture 48: Alcoholics eponymous -- Imposture 49: The parliament of rogues -- Imposture 50: See saw Margery Daw -- The author's retraction -- About NYU Abu Dhabi Institute -- Titles published by the Library of Arabic Literature -- About the cover artist -- About the translator "An itinerant con man. A gullible eyewitness narrator. Voices spanning continents and centuries. These elements come together in Impostures, a groundbreaking new translation of a celebrated work of Arabic literature. Impostures follows the roguish Abu Zayd al-Sarujiin his adventures around the medieval Middle East-we encounter him impersonating a preacher, pretending to be blind, and lying to a judge. In every escapade he shows himself to be a brilliant and persuasive wordsmith, composing poetry, palindromes, and riddles on the spot. Michael Cooperson transforms Arabic wordplay into English wordplay of his own. Featuring picaresque adventures and linguistic acrobatics, Impostures brings the spirit of this masterpiece of Arabic literature into English in a dazzling display of translation"-- Provided by publisher Arabic fiction- Early works to 1800 Roman arabe- Ouvrages avant 1800 LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern. Arabic fiction. Arabic fiction- Early works to 1800. Electronic books Early works. Arabic fiction. Cooperson, Michael translator Kilito, Abdelfattah 1945-) author of foreword. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJhX4hkvxcHBpBHhg73xXd Print version Hariri, 1054-1122. Maqamat. English. Impostures. New York : New York University Press, 2020 9781479800841 (DLC) 2019055291 (OCoLC)1126549978