Pierre Cachia
Biographic Data
| ID | 201289 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pierre Cachia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pierre |
| FAMILY NAME | Cachia |
| SIGNATURE | CACHIA P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9351-0699 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 40 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 40 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Exploring Arab Folk Literature
A Zajal on the MiʿRāj Attributed to al-Xubārī
Pulp Stories in the Repertoire of Egyptian Folk Singers
Additional informationNotes on contributorsPierre CachiaProfessor Emeritus, Arabic Language and Literature, Columbia University, USA
Arabic Literature - An Overview: An Overview
Preface The Transcription of Arabic 1. The Root 2. The Stem 3. The Bifurcation 4. The Main Growth 5. The Iberian Branch 6. The Stunting 7. The Grafting Bibliography Index
Muḥammad in the Modern Egyptian Popular Ballad
Popular Narrative Ballads of Modern Egypt
Loan Verbs in Maltese: A Descriptive and Comparative Study
Freedom From Clerical Control: The Portrayal of Men of Religion in Modern Arabic Literature
An Overview of Modern Arabic Literature
The assumptions and aspirations of Egyptian modernists the age of translation and adaptation, 1850-1914 the development of a modern prose style the use of the colloquial in modern Arabic literature the critics the narrative genres the theatrical movement of the Arabs the treatment of themes relating to Christianity and Judaism in modern Egyptian drama and fiction idealism and ideology - the case of Tawfiq al-Hakim unwritten Arabic fiction and dra…
Karam Il-Yatim
An Overview of Modern Arabic Literature
Popular Narrative Ballads of Modern Egypt
An Early Example of Narrative Verse in Colloquial Arabic
The development of a modern prose style in Arabic literature
The Arab literary establishment of the period immediately preceding the nineteenth century had reached such stability in social status, such homogeneity in education, and such unanimity in cultural values that it was no longer searching for innovative ideas, and of its men of letters-poets and prose writers alike-it expected not originality but consummate skill in the use of words. The prose that it favoured was not only rhymed, but laden with tr…
Popular Narrative Ballads of Modern Egypt
From Sound to Echo in Late Badīʿ Literature
The Language of Fiction in the Works of Yusuf Idris
A Study of Aspect in Maltese
A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic
Arabic Translation Series of the Journal of Arabic Literature
Arabic Translation Series of the Journal of Arabic Literature Edited by M. M. BADAWI, P. CACHIA, M. C. LYONS, J. N. MATTOCK, J. T. MONROE Volume 1 SALAH ABD al-SABUR Murder in Baghdad (Mas t al-Hallaj) Prize-winning verse play in two acts Translated with an introduction by K. I. SEMAAN 1972. Sm. 8vo. (xx, 76 p.) ISBN 90 04 03312 2 Gld. 16.- Volume 2 YAHYA HAQQI The Saint's Lamp and other stories Translated from the Arabic and introduced by M. M. …
In a Glass Darkly: The Faintness of Islamic Inspiration in Modern Arabic Literature
In a Glass Darkly
IN A GLASS DARKLY: The Faintness of Islamic Inspiration in Modern Arabic Literature BY PIERRE CACHIA New York In the course of a lifetime devoted to the study of the history of modem Arabic literature, I have more than once touched on issues germane to the theme of this symposium, but only recently-for reasons which will become apparent towards the end of this paper-have I felt impelled to make it the focus of my attention. Does this betoken a la…
An Uncommon Use of Nonsense Verse in Colloquial Arabic
Studies in Arabic Literature
Arabic Translation Series
The Use of the Colloquial in Modern Arabic Literature
This identification is attractive because it is the bakers and the brewers who are responsible for the proper functioning of an important part of the cult, the preparation of food for the images.12 The king's concern as to how much of the property of the Lady-of-Uruk has come up to Babylon is somewhat perplexing, unless one assumes that the king relied upon the lucrative income of the temples as an important source for his own tax collection syst…
Popular Narrative Ballads of Modern Egypt
The development of a modern prose style in Arabic literature
The Arab literary establishment of the period immediately preceding the nineteenth century had reached such stability in social status, such homogeneity in education, and such unanimity in cultural values that it was no longer searching for innovative ideas, and of its men of letters-poets and prose writers alike-it expected not originality but consummate skill in the use of words. The prose that it favoured was not only rhymed, but laden with tr…
From Sound to Echo in Late Badīʿ Literature
A Study of Aspect in Maltese
An Uncommon Use of Nonsense Verse in Colloquial Arabic
The Egyptian Mawwāl
The Use of the Colloquial in Modern Arabic Literature
This identification is attractive because it is the bakers and the brewers who are responsible for the proper functioning of an important part of the cult, the preparation of food for the images.12 The king's concern as to how much of the property of the Lady-of-Uruk has come up to Babylon is somewhat perplexing, unless one assumes that the king relied upon the lucrative income of the temples as an important source for his own tax collection syst…
Yemen and the Western World, Yemen: The Unknown War and South Arabia: Arena of Conflict
Journal Article Yemen and the Western World, Yemen: The Unknown War and South Arabia: Arena of Conflict Get access Yemen and the Western World. By Eric Macro. London: Hurst. 1968. 150 pp. Bibliog. Index. 35s.Yemen: The Unknown War. By Schmidt Dana Adams. London, Sydney, Toronto: Bodley Head. 1968. 316 pp. Index. 45s.South Arabia: Arena of Conflict. By Tom Little. London: Pall Mall. 1968. 196 pp. Bibliog. Index. 35s. P. Cachia P. Cachia Search for…
Liberal Nationalism in Egypt: Rise and Fall of the Wafd Party and Gamal Abd-El-Nasser
Journal Article Liberal Nationalism in Egypt: Rise and Fall of the Wafd Party and Gamal Abd-El-Nasser Get access Liberal Nationalism in Egypt: Rise and Fall of the Wafd Party. By Zaheer Masood Quraishi. Introduction by Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Delhi: Alwaz Publishers. 1967. 245 pp. Bibliog. Index. Rs. 30. $7.50. 40s.Gamal Abd-El-Nasser. By Jack Daumal and Marie Leroy. Paris: Seghers. 1967. 190 pp. Bibliog. (Collection ‘Destins Politiques’, dirigée …
The Dramatic Monologues of Al-Ma'Arrī
Themes Related To Christianity and Judaism in Modern Egyptian Drama and Fiction
Antar and Juliette
A 19th Century Arab's Observations on European Music
aris al-Shidyaq, in later life known as Ahmad Faris, is the most curious Arab literary personality of the 19th Century. He was born in the Lebanon in 1804. His family belonged to the Maronite church, which is in communion with Rome; since the Ottoman Empire was an Islamic theocratic state, confessional loyalties were extremely important in it, and-not least among the minorities-religious authorities were entrusted with considerable powers over me…
The Egyptian Mawwāl
On the Art of Medieval Arabic Literature
Maltese Linguistic Surveys
Idealism and Ideology: The Case of Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm
My Life: The Autobiography of an Egyptian Scholar, Writer, and Cultural Leader
Islamic Roots of Capitalism: Egypt, 1790-1840
The Theatrical Movement of the Arabs
In the immense corpus of pre-19th-century Arabic literature, the only dramatic works extant are three shadow plays by Shams ad-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Dāniyāl (1248–1311), an oculist turned both popular and court entertainer. To explain this paucity, conjectures have been offered ranging from the contention that Islam (whose very name implies the total submission of man to the will of Cod) leaves no room for tragic conflict to the argument that Arabs re…
An Uncommon Use of Nonsense Verse in Colloquial Arabic
Studies in Arabic Literature
Arabic Translation Series
Islam: Past Influence and Present Challenge. In Honor of William Montgomery Watt
Arabic Translation Series of the Journal of Arabic Literature
Arabic Translation Series of the Journal of Arabic Literature Edited by M. M. BADAWI, P. CACHIA, M. C. LYONS, J. N. MATTOCK, J. T. MONROE Volume 1 SALAH ABD al-SABUR Murder in Baghdad (Mas t al-Hallaj) Prize-winning verse play in two acts Translated with an introduction by K. I. SEMAAN 1972. Sm. 8vo. (xx, 76 p.) ISBN 90 04 03312 2 Gld. 16.- Volume 2 YAHYA HAQQI The Saint's Lamp and other stories Translated from the Arabic and introduced by M. M. …
In a Glass Darkly: The Faintness of Islamic Inspiration in Modern Arabic Literature
In a Glass Darkly
IN A GLASS DARKLY: The Faintness of Islamic Inspiration in Modern Arabic Literature BY PIERRE CACHIA New York In the course of a lifetime devoted to the study of the history of modem Arabic literature, I have more than once touched on issues germane to the theme of this symposium, but only recently-for reasons which will become apparent towards the end of this paper-have I felt impelled to make it the focus of my attention. Does this betoken a la…
A Study of Aspect in Maltese
A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic
The Language of Fiction in the Works of Yusuf Idris
From Sound to Echo in Late Badīʿ Literature
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