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Author Talib, Adam, author.

Title How do you say "epigram" in Arabic? : literary history at the limits of comparison / by Adam Talib.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; volume 40
Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; volume 40.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Preamble: growth and graft -- On wholeness. A bounding line -- The sum of its parts -- Arabic poetry, Greek terminology. Epigrams in the world -- Hegemonic presumptions and atomic fallout -- Epigrams in parallax.
Summary "The qaṛīdah and the qiṭʻah are well known to scholars of classical Arabic literature, but the maqṭūʻ, a form of poetry that emerged in the thirteenth century and soon became ubiquitous, is as obscure today as it was once popular. These poems circulated across the Arabo-Islamic world for some six centuries in speech, letters, inscriptions, and, above all, anthologies. Drawing on more than a hundred unpublished and published works, How Do You Say 'Epigram' in Arabic? is the first study of this highly popular and adaptable genre of Arabic poetry. By addressing this lacuna, the book models an alternative comparative literature, one in which the history of Arabic poetry has as much to tell us about epigrams as does Greek"--back cover.
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Subject Epigrams, Arabic -- History and criticism.
Epigrams, Arabic.
Arabic poetry -- 1258-1800 -- History and criticism.
Arabic poetry.
Chronological Term 1258-1800
Subject Arabic poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Chronological Term 19th century
1258-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Talib, Adam author. How do you say "epigram" in Arabic? Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017 9789004349964 (DLC) 2017036748
ISBN 9789004350533 (electronic book)
9004350535 (electronic book)
9789004349964 (hardback ; alkaline paper)