Takhyil: The Imaginary in Classical Arabic Poetics

(Book #1 in the Takhyil Series)

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Takhyil is a term from Arabic poetics denoting the evocation of images. It has a broad spectrum of connotations throughout classical philosophical poetics and rhetoric, and it is closely linked to the Greek concept of phantasia. This volume is comprised of annotated translations of key texts on this topic from major philosophers and literary theoreticians, including Alfarabi (al-Farabi), Avicenna (Ibn Sina), Averroes (Ibn Rushd), and 'Abd al-Qahir...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0906094690

ISBN13:9780906094693

Release Date:December 2008

Publisher:Edinburgh University Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:2.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.8" x 9.6"

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Takhyil: The Imaginary in Classical Arabic Poetics

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