social and cultural perspectives Grunebaum, Gustave E. von (Gustave Edmund) 1909-1972 creator text bibliography enk London Variorum Reprints 1937 [Reprinted 1976] 1976 monographic eng fre ger

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418 p. in various pagings : ill. ; 23 cm. 1. Islam and Hellenism.--2. Islam.--3. The problem.--4. The structure of the Muslim town.--5. The sacred character of Islamic cities.--6. The convergence of cultural traditions in the Mediterranean area.--7. The sources of Islamic civilization.--8. The problem of cultural influence.--9. Le concept de classicisme culturel.--10. Islam.--11. Islam.--12. Parallelism, convergence, and influence in the relations of Arab and Byzantine philosophy, literature, and piety.--13. Byzantine iconoclasm and the influence of the Islamic environment.--14. Observations on the Muslim concept of evil.--15. Literature in the context of Islamic civilization.--16. Arabic poetics.--17. On the origin and early development of Arabic muzdawij poetry.--18. Greek form elements in the Arabian Nights.--19. Eine poetische Polemik zwischen Byzanz und Bagdad im 10. Jahrhundert.--20. Observations on city panegyrics in Arabic prose. Gustave E. von Grunebaum ; edited with a foreword by Dunning S. Wilson ; preface by Speros Vryonis, Jr. Includes original pagings. Reprints of articles in English, French, or German, originally published between 1937 and 1970. Includes bibliographical references and index. Islam Islamic civilization Hellenism 297.09 GRI 1976 0902089927 DLC 140426 20211209051825.0 32356 eng