{"product_id":"making-the-great-book-of-songs","title":"Making the Great Book of Songs","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first systematic literary study of one of the masterpieces of classical Arabic literature, the fourth\/tenth century \u003cem\u003eKitâb al-aghânî \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eThe Book of Songs\u003c\/em\u003e) by Abû I-Faraj al-Isbahânî. Until now the twenty-four volume \u003cem\u003eBook of Songs\u003c\/em\u003e has been regarded as a rather chaotic but priceless mine of information about classical Arabic music, literature and culture. This book approaches it as a work of literature in its own right, with its own internal logic and coherence. The study also consistently integrates the musical component into the analysis and proposes a reading of the work in which individual anecdotes and poems are related to the wider context, enhancing their meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54234004717912,"sku":"9780415595841","price":71.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415595841_9acf711c-5dd4-43dd-adf9-a12f3258ea79.jpg?v=1769005829","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/making-the-great-book-of-songs","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}