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Abu Deeb,

by K. Abu Deeb Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani has long been considered the most important of all Arab literary theorists and critics up to the present century. In this, the first comprehensive study of the 11th century scholar, Kamal Abu Deeb places his theory of poetic imagery in the context of modern European studies of the nature, function and form of the image, and its role within the structure of poetry. 352p (Aris & Phillips 1979)

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'Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani has long been considered the most important of all Arab literary theorists and critics up to the present century. In this, the first comprehensive study of the 11th century scholar, Kamal Abu Deeb places his theory of poetic imagery in the context of modern European studies of the nature, function and form of the image, and its role within the structure of poetry.

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