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Ibn `Arabi's Mystical Poetics (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,201
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Ibn `Arabi's Mystical Poetics (Hardcover): Denis E. McAuley

Ibn `Arabi's Mystical Poetics (Hardcover)

Denis E. McAuley

Series: Oxford Oriental Monographs

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Muhy&#299 l-D&#299n Ibn Arab&#299 (1165-1240) was a hugely influential figure in the development of Sufism, yet although interest in his work continues to grow, his poetry has received very little attention. This book is the first full-length monograph devoted to his D&#299w&#257n (collected poems). It begins by attempting to define Ibn Arab&#299's poetic style and his understanding of poetics, which is closely intertwined with his metaphysics: the rhythms of poetry echo those of creation, and meaning combines with form just as the spirit descends on matter. Drawing on a pre-Islamic theme, he insists that his poetry was revealed to him word for word by a spirit. At the same time, however, his attitude to the function of poetry and its relation to scripture is closer to mainstream medieval Islamic, Jewish and Christian theology than has usually been thought.
Denis E. McAuley focuses on close readings of books in unusual verse forms, including poetic responses to chapters of the Qur'an; imitations of earlier poets; poems that use only one rhyme word; and a cycle of poems modelled on the letters of the alphabet. In so doing, he makes frequent comparisons with other Islamic and European poets from the sixth century to the dawn of the twentieth, many of them virtually unstudied. Ibn Arab&#299 emerges as a highly original poet whose work casts a fresh light on the period and on classical Arabic literature as a whole.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Oxford Oriental Monographs
Release date: August 2012
First published: October 2012
Authors: Denis E. McAuley
Dimensions: 242 x 162 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-965954-8
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Islam
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious experience > Mysticism
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious experience > Mysticism
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Islam
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LSN: 0-19-965954-0
Barcode: 9780199659548

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