The Anthologist's Art : Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī and His Yatīmat al-dahr (Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures)

This book is a direct window onto the workshop of Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī (350-429/961-1039), an anthologist from the second half of the fourth/tenth century, and focuses on the making of his magnum opus, Yatīmat al-dahr, and its sequel, Tatimmat al-Yatīma.