The sword and the pen in the pre-modern Arabic heritage : a literacy representation of an important historical relationship
Gully, Adrian 2005, The sword and the pen in the pre-modern Arabic heritage : a literacy representation of an important historical relationship, in Ideas, images, and methods of portrayal : insights into classical Arabic literature and Islam, Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, Netherlands, pp.403-468.
Ideas, images, and methods of portrayal : insights into classical Arabic literature and Islam
Editor(s)
Gunther, Sebastian
Publication date
2005
Series
Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts ; v. 58.
Chapter number
16
Total chapters
16
Start page
403
End page
468
Total pages
66
Publisher
Koninklijke Brill NV
Place of Publication
Leiden, Netherlands
Summary
The so-called "literary debate" in Greek, Latin and many Near Eastern languages is a well-developed genre. In his 1987 article, Geert Jan van Gelder surveyed its background more than adequately, 1 and very few details of that paper need to be repeated here. He assessed thoroughly the historical contribution of numerous poets to the relationship between "the sword and the pen," and also analyzed various aspects of this relationship in a few prose texts.