Research Guides: Modern Arabic Literature: Getting Started

Encyclopedias and References

Brill Online Reference Works
Includes the following:
Encyclopedia of Islam
Encyclopedia Islamica
Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures
Encyclopedia of the Qurʾān
Qurʾān Concordance
Arabic Literature of Africa Online
And more...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Contains Roger M.A. Allen seminal article on Arabic literature with an extensive bibliography of additional reading material.
Oxford Islamic Studies
Contains M. A. S. Abdel Haleem's translation of the Quran, Oxford encyclopedias, and more.
Oxford Arabic Dictionary

Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature by Julie Scott Meisami (Editor) and Paul Starkey (Editor)
Call Number: PJ7510 .R68 2010
ISBN: 0415571138
Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic by Hans Wehr
Call Number: PJ6640 .W43 1979
ISBN: 3447020024

An Introduction to Arabic Literature by Roger Allen
Call Number: PJ7510 .A43 2000
ISBN: 0521776570
Arabic Literature: An overview by Pierre Cachia
Call Number: PJ7510 .C35 2002
ISBN: 0700717250
Modern Arabic Literature by M. M. Badawi (Editor)
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 0521028531

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The Qur'an: A new translation by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem
Call Number: BP109 .H3 2010
ISBN: 0199535957
Introduction to the Qur'an by Richard Bell and W. Montgomery Watt
Call Number: BP130 .B4 1970
ISBN: 0748605975
Approaching the Qur'an by Michael Sells
Call Number: BP130.4 .S43 2007
ISBN: 1883991692
The Art of Reciting the Qur'an by Kristina Nelson
Call Number: BP131.6 .N44 2001
ISBN: 9774245946
Approaches to the history of the interpretation of the Qur'an by Paul Haupt
Call Number: BP130.45 .A66 2013
ISBN: 1607240467