Literary Criticism in Medieval Arabic Islamic Culture : The Making of a Tradition /

For the first time this book provides an examination of the impulses that went into the making of literary criticism in medieval Arab-Islamic culture. It traces the resulting characteristics of this area of intellectual enquiry and grounds the field of Arabic literary criticism in its social, intell...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ouyang, Wen-chin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
750-1258
Arabic literature > 750-1258 > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Criticism > Islamic Empire.
Critics > Islamic Empire > Biography.
Islamic Studies.
Littérature arabe > 750-1258 > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
Critique > Empire islamique.
Critiques > Empire islamique > Biographies.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern.
Criticism
Critics
Islamic Empire
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note on Transliterations, Translations and Dates
  • Introduction
  • 1 Knowledge and Cultural Dialectics
  • 2 Functions of Poetry in Medieval Arabic-Islamic Society
  • 3 Beginnings
  • 4 Fanfare of Controversy: Abū Tammām and al-Mutanabbī
  • 5 Against All Odds: The Making of a Tradition
  • Conclusion
  • APPENDIX I Accounts of Critics in Biographical Dictionaries
  • APPENDIX II Attributes of Critics in Biographical Dictionaries
  • APPENDIX III al-'Āmirī's Classification of the Sciences
  • APPENDIX IV al-Ghazzālī's Classification of the Sciences
  • APPENDIX V Ikhwān al-Ṣ afā's Classification of the Sciences
  • APPENDIX VI Recognition of Literary Criticism in Non-critical Writings
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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