LibGuides: Islamic Studies: Literature

World Digital Library

World Digital Library

Books on Literature

Modern Islamic Literature: From 1800 to the Present by James Kritzeck
Call Number: PJ409.K7
Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature by edited by Julie Scott Meisami and Paul Starkey.
Call Number: Ref PJ7510.E53 1998
ISBN: 0415068088

International fiction by Muslim authors

Muslim Fiction: International fiction by Muslim authors
Peruse this Library Research Guide created by Andrea Kempf, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas. You will need to check Woodruff Catalog, or your local public library's catalog. If a title isn't available locally, AUC students, faculty and staff may use our Interlibrary Loan service.

Islamic Heritage Project at Harvard

Image: Thatta Makli Ruins by "M was here" is licensed under a Public Domain License.

Islamic Heritage Project at Harvard
Harvard's Library has digitized hundreds of Islamic manuscripts, maps, and published texts from its vast holdings. The items date from the 13th to the 20th centuries and cover subjects including rhetoric, logic, philosophy, calligraphy, medicine, and law. Most materials are in languages other than English.

Excellent Resource

The Literature of Islam : A Guide to the Primary Sources in English Translation by Paula Youngman Skreslet, Rebecca Skreslet.
Call Number: Z7835.M6 S585 2006
ISBN: 0810854082

Websites

Arabic Poems
Non academic site providing a number of poems in Arabic along with short biographies of the cited poets. Selected biographies and lyrics translated into English.
NOTE: long loading time !
Jihat al-Shi’r/ Jehat al Shear
Good source for modern Arabic poetry. In Arabic. English, French, Italian, and Spanish.
Islamic Philosophy Online
Contains "hundreds of full-length books and articles on Islamic philosophy, ranging from the classical texts in the canon of Islamic philosophy to modern works of Muslim philosophy."