دانلود کتاب The Raven and the Falcon: Youth Versus Old Age in Medieval Arabic Literature

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Contents\nPreface\nList of Illustrations\nIntroduction\n 1 Arab vs. Western Tradition\n 2 Scope\n 3 Sources\nChapter 1 Toward a Definition of the Ages of Man\n 1 Medical Authors\n 2 Non-Medical Authors\n 3 A Sample of Longevity\nChapter 2 The Age of Beauty\n 1 Color\n 2 Youth = Spring\n 3 Beauty\n 4 Health and Vigor\n 5 al-Dahr (Time, Fate)\n 6 Reflections by a Nonagenarian Warrior on His Old Age\nChapter 3 Youthful Pleasures and Repentance\n 1 Pre-Islamic Pleasures\n 2 What is Pleasure?\n 3 Ḥijāzī and Umayyad Pleasure\n a Two Amatory Poets\n b Singers\n 4 ʿAbbāsid Joie de Vivre\n a Singing Slave Girls\n b Two Amatory Poets\n c Pederasty\n 5 Repentance\nChapter 4 Lament for Lost Youth\n 1 Death of Youth\n 2 Reminiscences\n 3 The Ride of Abū Nuwās\n 4 Lamentable Changes\nChapter 5 Intellectual Pursuits\n 1 Inexperience vs. Experience\n 2 Ignorance vs. Wisdom\n 3 Ambition\n 4 Quest for Knowledge\n 5 Education\n 6 Instructions for Tutors\nChapter 6 Code of Conduct\n 1 Folly and Intoxication\n 2 Promised Recompenses for Behavior\n 3 Honoring Age\n 4 Recalcitrance (ʿuqūq)\nChapter 7 Marriage and Sexuality\n 1 Fasting: An Alternative to Marriage\n 2 The Dowry\n 3 Onanism\n 4 Self-Castration and the Sexual Urge\n 5 Criteria for Choosing a Wife\n 6 The Cult of Virginity\n 7 Remarriage\n 8 Disparity in Age: Old Husband—Young Wife\n 9 Celibate Scholars\nChapter 8 Religio-Political Leadership and the Promise of Paradise\n 1 Leadership\n 2 Combat\n 3 Wish for Martyrdom\n 4 Paradise: A Bargaining Chip\n 5 Jihad vs. Filial Piety\n 6 Bulūgh (Majority, Puberty)\nChapter 9 Rejuvenation and Paradisiacal Youth\n 1 Rejuvenation\n 2 Camouflaging Age: Hair Dyeing\n 3 al-Khaḍir—Drinking the Water of Life\n 4 Paradisiacal Youth\nConcluding Remarks\nAppendix A Rhetorical Devices\nAppendix B Monographs Apparently Lost\nBibliography\nGeneral Index