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Rare and modern books

Rosenthal Franz

Humor in Early Islam

E. J. Brill Leiden, 1956

80.00 €

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(Roma, Italy)
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Year of publication
1956
Place of printing
Leiden Holland
Author
Rosenthal Franz
Publishers
E. J. Brill Leiden
Edition
First Edition.
Keyword
Islam
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo, original cloth pp.154. It contains an annotated translation of an Arabic text on a figure who became the subject of many jokes and anecdotes, the greedy and obtuse Ashab, a singer who lived in the eighth century but whose literary and fictional life long survived him. The translation is preceded by chapters on the textual sources and on the historical and legendary personalities of Ashab; the book ends with a short essay on laughter. Whether or not the jokes will make a modern reader laugh, the book is a valuable source for those seriously interested in a religion or a culture that all too often but unjustly is associated, by outsiders, with an aversion to laughter.