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Document Type: | Article of a journal |
Title: | Narrative technique in the Qur'an and in early poetry / Alan Jones. |
Author: | Jones, Alan, 1933- |
Notes: | Includes author's literal translation of a complete poem by al-A'sha. |
Bibliographic Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary: | Discussion of the relationship between the Qur'an and poetry. |
Author as Subject: | al-Shanfara, d.c.550al-Zamakhshari, 1075-1144Durayd ibn al-Simma, d.630al-A'sha, Maymun ibn Qays, d. ca. 629 |
Descriptors: | Poetry, Ancient Terms Translated poem Poetry, Ancient -- Qur'an Orator Fiction -- Tales --Story-tellers Shawahid Qur'an -- Metaphor Qur'an -- Inimitability Poetry, Ancient -- Aim Poetry, Ancient -- Soothsayer |
Source: | Journal of Arabic literature 25: 3 (1994), p. 185-191 |
Source Type: | Serial |
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