Language between God and the poets : ma'ná in the eleventh century /

Language between God and the poets : ma'ná in the eleventh century /

"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Key, Alexander (Alexander Matthew) (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Series:Berkeley series in postclassical Islamic scholarship ; 2.
Subjects:
1000-1099
Islamic philosophy > 11th century.
Islamic poetry > 11th century.
Arabic language > Religious aspects > Islam.
Islamic philosophy.
Islamic poetry.
HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Note on translation practice, transliterations, and footnotes
  • Contexts
  • Precedents
  • Translation
  • The lexicon
  • Theology
  • Logic
  • Poetics
  • Conclusion.