A History of Classical Malay Literature

Reprint 12 A History of Classical Malay LiteratureBy Sir Richard WinstedtRevised, edited and introduction by Y.A. Talib 266pp. Size:180x260mm Hardcover Reprints Order Form
Contents:
Author’s PrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction
The Malay Language and Literature
Malay Folk Liteature: - (a) Mythology, Riddles, Proverbs and Clock-Stories; (b) Beast Fables and the Hikayat Pelandok Jenaka (c) Farcical Tales and the Hikayat Mahashodhak (d) Folk Romances
The Hindu Period:- (a) Indian eprics (b) Shadow-play plots founded on the Indian epics (c) Romances of the Hindu period
A Javanese Element:- Tales from the Majapahit Shadow-plays, and the Hikayat Hang Tuah
From Hinuism to Islam:- Malay romances of the transition
The Coming of Islam and Islamic literature
Muslim Legends:- (a) Pre-Islamic Heroes, Iskandar Dhu’l-Karnaian, Amir Hamza, Raja Jumjumah, Saif Dhu’l-Yazan, Ibrahim ibn Adham (b) Tales of the Prophet (c) Adventures of People about Prophet, Muhammad Hanafiah, Tamim ad-Dari, Sama’un, Abu-Samah (d) the Malayo-Muslim story of raja Handak
Cycles of Tales from Muslim Sources:-Hikayat Bayan Budiman, Hikayat Kalila dan Damina, The Bakhtiar cycle (Hikayat Bakhtiar and Hikayat Golam)
Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence and History
Malay Histories
Digests of Law
Munshi ‘Abdu’llah
Malay Poetry-Rhythmical verse; the Sha’ir; the Pantun