ABSTRACT
As the distinctive contribution of Islamic Spain to Arabic literature, the strophic muwashshahand zajal are still viewed by some as a development from putative Romance prototypes. No less than seven theories of origin of the Provençal lyrics have been proffered, foremost among them being the Arabic origins theory. This book lets the strophic muwashshah tell its own tale of a natural development in the context of classical Arabic literature.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|76 pages
Popular Literature
part 2|63 pages
The Muwashshaḥāt
chapter 8|8 pages
The Case for the Arabic Origins of the Muwashshaḥāt
Court Poetry and Burlesque in Al-Andalus
part 3|89 pages
No Arabic Echoes in the Provençal Lyrics
chapter 11|54 pages
The Language of Hispano-Arabic Poetry and of the Early Provençal Lyrics
A Comparative Semantic Abstract