Arabic Literature to the End of the Umayyad Period (Cambridge History of Arabic Literature Series) Book

Editorial introduction; Maps;
1. Background topics A. F. L. Beeston;
2. Pre-Islamic poetry Abdulla el Tayib;
3. Early Arabic prose R. B. Serjeant;
4. The beginnings of Arabic prose literature: the epistolary genre J. D. Latham;
5. The role of parallelism in Arabic prose A. F. L. Beeston;
6. The Qur'an - I R. Paret;
7. The Qur'an - II A. Jones;
8. Qisas elements in the Qur'an H. T. Norris;
9. Aspects of the Qur'an today Jacques Jomier;
10. Hadith literature - I: the development of the science of Hadith Muhammad Abdul Rauf;
11. Hadith literature - II: collection and transmission of Hadith Nabia Abbott;
12. Shi'i Hadith E. Kohlberg;
13. Narrative elements in the Hadith literature Sahair el Calamawy;
14. European criticism of Hadith literature N. J. Coulson;
15. The impact of the Qur'an and Hadith on medieval Arabic literature A. M. Zubaidi;
16. The Maghazi literature J. M. B. Jones;
17. The Sirah literature M. J. Kister;
18. The poetry of the Sirah literature James T. Monroe;
19. Fables and legends in pre-Islamic and early Islamic times H. T. Norris;
20. Umayyad poetry Salma K. Jayyusi;
21. Music and verse O. Wright;
22. The Greek impact on Arabic literature L. E. Goodman;
23. The Persian impact on Arabic literature C. E. Bosworth;
24. The Syrian impact on Arabic literature R. Y. Ebied; Appendix J. D. Pearson; Glossary; List of sources; Index.