“The Life of Muhammad” by Ibn Ishāq — Ibn Hishām: Between Historiography and Literature
The article examines correlations of historiographical and literary aspects within the seminal text of Arabic classics “The Life of the Prophet” (Al-sīra al-Nabawiyya ) by Ibn Isḥāq – Ibn Hishām. We build our analysis around Al-sīra by placing it against two essential elements of pre-Islamic and ear...
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| Language: | English |
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A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2016-09-01
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| Series: | Studia Litterarum |
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| Online Access: | http://old.studlit.ru/articles/Kudelin.pdf |