Adam Talib

How Do You Say "Epigram" in Arabic? Literary History at the Limits of Comparison - 337 p., 26 cm - Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures; Vol. 40 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preamble: growth and graft -- On wholeness. A bounding line -- The sum of its parts -- Arabic poetry, Greek terminology. Epigrams in the world -- Hegemonic presumptions and atomic fallout -- Epigrams in parallax.

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Arabic epigrams--History and criticism
Arabic poetry--History and criticism--1258-1800
Arabic poetry--History and criticism--19th century