'Abbasid Belles Lettres (Cambridge History of Arabic Literature Series) Book

Editorial preface; Map: the Middle East; The 'Abbasid caliphate: a historical introduction H. N. Kennedy;

1. Adab and the concept of belles-lettres S. A. Bonebakker;
2. Shu'ubiyyah in Arabic literature H. T. Norris;
3. Ibn Al-Muqaffa' and early 'Abbasid prose J. D. Latham;
4. Al-Jahiz C. Pellat;
5. Al-Sahib Ibn 'Abbad C. Pellat;
6. Abu Hayyah al-Tawhidi M. Berge;
7. Al-Hamadhani, al-Hariri and the maqamat genre A. F. L. Beeston;
8. Fables and legends H. T. Norris;
9. 'Abbasid poetry and its antecedents M. M. Badawi;
10. Hunting poetry (tardiyyat) R. Smith;
11. Political poetry R. Rabinacci;
12. Love poetry (ghazal) A. Hamori;
13. Wine poetry (khamriyyat) F. Harb;
14. Mystical poetry M. Lings;
15. Ascetic poetry (zuhdiyyat) A. Hamori;
16. Bashshar b. Burd, Abu l-Atahiyah and Abu Nuwas G. Schoeler;
17. Al-Mutanabbi A. Hamori;
18. Abu Firas al-Hamdani A. El Tayib;
19. Abu l- Ala al-Ma'arri 'A'Isha 'Abd Al-Raham;
20. Literary criticism K. Abu Deeb;
21. Ibn al-Mu'tazz and Kitab al-Badi' S. A. Bonebakker;
22. Regional literature: Egypt S. M. Ayyad;
23. Regional literature: the Yemen A. El-Shami; Bibliographies; Index.