Bedouin and 'Abbāsid Cultural Identities: The Arabic Majnūn Laylā Story

By Ruqayya Yasmine Khan

This literary-historical book draws out and sheds light upon the mechanisms of 'the ideological work' that the Arabic Majnūn Laylā story performed for 'Abbāsid urbanite, imperial audiences in the wake of the disappearance of the 'bedouin cosmos.'

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367333945
• ISBN13: 9780367333942
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.4"