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Why did premodern authors in the Arabic-Islamic culture compile literary anthologies, and why were these works remarkably popular? How can an anthology that consists of reproduced material be original and creative, and serve various literary and political ends? How did anthologists select their material, then record and arrange it?
This book examines the life and works of Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī (350-429/961-1039), an eminent anthologist from Nīshāpūr, paying special attention to his magnum opus, Yatīmat al-dahr (The Unique Pearl), and its sequel, Tatimmat al-Yatīma (The Completion of the Yatīma). This book is a direct window on to an anthologist's workshop in the second half of the fourth/tenth century. It examines the methodological consciousness expressed in Thaʿālibī's selection and arrangement, and his sophisticated system of internal references and cross-references to other works; how he selected from his contemporaries' oeuvres; how he sought, recorded, memorized, misplaced, and sometimes lost or forgot his selections; how he scrutinized the authenticity of material, accepting, questioning, or rejecting its attribution; and the errors and inconsistencies that resulted from this process.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
Note on Editions and Manuscripts of the Yatīma and Tatimma
1. The Art of Anthology in Premodern Arabic Literature
Anthology and Adab
Approaches to the Study of Arabic Literary Anthology in Modern Scholarship
Motives for Anthologizing
A Map of Arabic Poetry Anthologies
2. Life and Legacy of Thaʿālibī
Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī
Legacy of Thaʿālibī
Bibliography of Thaʿālibī
Printed Authentic Works
Printed, Authenticity Doubtful
Printed, Authenticity Rejected
In Manuscript, Authentic works
In Manuscript, Authenticity Uncertain
In Manuscript, Authenticity Rejected
Works Surviving in Quotations
Lost Works
3. An Anthologist at Work: The Organization and Structure of the Yatīma and Tatimma
Organization
Prominent Litterateurs
Courts, Dynasties and Other Patrons
Cities and Sub-Regions
Critical Awareness in the Organization of the Yatīma and Tatimma
Selection of Material
The Arrangement of Entries in a Chapter: Proximity and Resemblance
References and Cross-References
Cross-References
References in the Tatimma to the Yatīma
References to the Earlier Version of the Yatīma
References to Other Works by Thaʿālibī
Later Additions to the Yatīma
Authenticity and Misattribution
Forgotten, Lost, and Inconsistent Material
4. The Sources of Thaʿālibī in Yatīmat al-Dahr and Tatimmat al-Yatīma
Written Sources
Dīwāns
Books
Other Written Media
Oral/Aural Sources
Main Guarantors in the Yatīma
Main Guarantors in the Tatimma
Conclusion
5. Material within the Entry
Categorization and Arrangement of Material within Entries
The Biographical Summary
Dates
Deaths of Poets
Religious Views
Training and Education
Professions
Families of Litterateurs
Characterization of Litterateurs and Their Literary Oeuvres
Geographical Context
Social Context
Historical Context
Comparing Litterateurs
Knowledge of Persian
Relations between Contemporaries
Physical and Character Features
Patronage
Patron-Littérateur Relations
Admission to a Court
Meeting a Patron
Leaving a Court
Prison Incidents and Stories
Description of Courtly Majālis
Evaluating Literary Production
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Outline of the Yatīma and Tatimma
Appendix 2: Sources of Yatīmat al-Dahr
Appendix 3: Sources of Tatimmat al-Yatīma
Appendix 4: Comparisons between Poets
Bibliography
Index
