| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Culture and civilization in the Middle East ; 50 |
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Culture and civilisation in the Middle East ; 50.
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| Contents |
Poetics of the Arabesque -- The deductive poetics of the Qur'an -- The Qur'an intertextuality and contextualisation -- The Qur'anic text's advance on tradition -- The simile in old Arabic poetry: a world at a distance -- The Qur'anic metaphor: the world within -- Maturation of post-Qu'anic poetics and literary tradition |
| Summary |
Through analysing ancient and classical Arabic literature, including the Qur'an, from within the Arabic literary tradition, this book provides an original interpretation of poetics, and of other important aspects of Arab culture. Ancient Arabic literature is a realm of poetry; prose literary forms emerged rather late, and even then remained in the shadow of poetic creative efforts. Traditionally, this literature has been viewed through a philologist's lens and has often been represented as 'materialistic' in the sense that its poetry lacked imagination. As a result, Arabic poetry was often eva |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 29, 2015) |
| Subject |
Qurʼan as literature.
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Poetics.
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Arabic poetry -- History and criticism
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Islamic literature -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- History and criticism
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Islamic literature -- History and criticism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
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Arabic poetry
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Islamic literature
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Poetics
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Qurʼan as literature
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Karahasanović, Amila, translator.
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| ISBN |
9781317520498 |
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1317520491 |
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1138854670 |
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9781138854673 |
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9781315720944 |
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1315720949 |
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