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Document Type: | Book |
Title: | Islam and medieval hellenism : social and cultural perspectives / Gustave E. von Grunebaum; edited with a foreword by Dunning S. Wilson; preface by Speros Vryonis, Jr. |
Author: | Grunebaum, Gustave E. von (Gustave Edmund), 1909-1972 |
Added Author: | Wilson, Dunning S. |
Publisher: | London : Variorum Reprints, 1976. |
Pages: | 420 p. in various pagings: ill., port. |
ISBN: | 0902089927 |
Notes: | Contains 20 articles by Von Grunebaum, all reprints of articles in English, French, or German, orginally published between 1937 and 1970Includes original pagings |
Bibliographic Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents: | Islam and hellenism -- Islam: its inherent power of expansion and adaptation -- The problem: unity in diversity -- The structure of the Muslim town -- The sacred character of Islamic cities -- The convergence of cultural traditions in the Mediterranean area -- The sources of Islamic civilization -- The problem of cultural influence -- Le c |
Descriptors: | Literature, Ancient -- Greek influence Poetics Poetry -- Paired rhymes Thousand and one nights Belles-lettres Literature, Byzantine -- Arab influence Panegyric |
Series: | CS48 |
Location: | Corpus Christi College, Oxford. CCC Main Libr. 306.0917671 VO |
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