Language between God and the Poets : Ma‘na in the Eleventh Century /

Language between God and the Poets : Ma‘na in the Eleventh Century /

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"In the Arabic eleventh century, scholars were intensely preoccupied with the way that language generated truth and beauty. Their work in poetics, logic, theology, and lexicography defined the intellectual space between God and the poets. In Language Between God and the Poets, Alexander Key arg...

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Main Author: Key, Alexander (Alexander Matthew) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Islamic poetry.
Islamic philosophy.
Arabic language > Religious aspects > Islam.
HISTORY > Middle East > Arabian Peninsula.
Islam.
Philosophy.
Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500.
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval.
Poesie islamique > 11e siecle.
Philosophie islamique > 11e siecle.
Islamic poetry > 11th century.
Islamic philosophy > 11th century.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Note on translation practice, transliterations, and footnotes
  • Contexts
  • Precedents
  • Translation
  • The lexicon
  • Theology
  • Logic
  • Poetics
  • Conclusion.

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