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Index
Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Preliminary considerations Preface to the English-language edition About the author Introduction 1 Poetics of the Arabesque 2 The deductive poetics of the Qur’an
Intertextuality and contextualisation
3 The Qur’anic Text’s advance on tradition
The Qur’an confronting poetry at the level of ideology The Qur’an confronting poetry at the level of form
4 The simile in Old Arabic poetry: a world at a distance
Prologue: the realism or “materialism” of Old Arabic poetry Figures of description and the profusion of themes in poems Obviousness and transparency of the world and the necessity of distance Segmentation of textual space Gradation of textual time Concentration on the flatness of the physical Typicality before description Constituents of the simile as architects of positivity The simile and the travelogue airiness of the world
5 The Qur’anic metaphor: the world within
Descent of the metaphor into the world and the metaphoric revolution The Text unveiled in language and stylistics Realism of the simile and transfer of the metaphor: poet’s belle and houris in Jannah Past time of the simile and processuality of the metaphor Transparency of the world in the simile and the metaphoric vertical world order The simile undertaking segmentation and centripetal forces of the metaphor
6 Maturation of post-Qur’anic poetics and literary tradition
Normative poetics and the difficulty of literature periodisation The Qur’anic text as a generator of changes in tradition Philology as impetus and a trap Philology: text’s authenticity and author’s originality The authority of philology and Shu’ubiyyah Tradition as a reservoir of motifs and poetic technique Poetic theme not necessarily sublime The origin of poetic motifs in Arabic antiquity Motifs as commonplaces or topoi Triumph of philological poetics: spreading across the entire Islamic cultural community Form as a technique or philotechnic poetry Prevalence of artistic form and the servility of criticism Poetic inspiration and technique Universalism of philological poetics: tradition as inspiration A reservoir of motifs and the legalisation of “literary theft” The artistically beautiful and literary theft: contrasting the sacred text and poetry Isolation of tradition: the lack of influence of Aristotle’s poetics The dawn of a new age
Bibliography Further reading Name index Subject index
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