Arabic, Persian, and Turkic poetics : towards a post-Eurocentric literary theory / edited by Hany Rashwan, Rebecca Ruth Gould, and Nasrin Askari.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rashwan, Hany, editor.

Gould, Rebecca Ruth, editor.

Askari, Nasrin, editor.

Series:

Proceedings of the British Academy ; 266.

Proceedings of the British Academy, 0068-1202 ; 266

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetics.

Arabic poetry--History and criticism.

Arabic poetry.

Persian poetry--History and criticism.

Persian poetry.

Turkic poetry--History and criticism.

Turkic poetry.

Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 345 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"This volume challenges the Eurocentric lens through which Arabic, Persian, and Turkic literatures are often read, and advocates for centring the literary theories – often termed balāgha – of these customs when engaging with their literary traditions. Written by an international array of scholars, the volume offers a dynamic exploration of these distinct literary traditions while showcasing their inherent theoretical frameworks. Emphasising the unique standards of each tradition, and uncovering their shared critical concepts, the book liberates Arabic, Persian, and Turkic literatures from the confines of European theoretical frameworks. Highlighting the richness and depth of the literary traditions under discussion, the volume paves the way for a more inclusive and representative literary theory by putting the literatures of the Islamicate world in conversation with European literature and fostering a deeper understanding of global literary discourse"-- Oxford Academic.

Contents:

Introduction : The challenges of comparison / Rebecca Ruth Gould

The history of literary theory in medieval Arabo-Islamic cultures / Hany Rashwan

The Arabic commentary tradition on Aristotle’s *Rhetoric* : A new space for Greek logical and rhetorical terminology / Lahcen El Yazghi Ezzaher

‘The central jewel’ : The poetics of the khu?ba, khi?aba, and balagha according to Ibn ?Abd Rabbih of Córdoba (d. 328 AH/940 CE) / Linda G Jones

The poetics of preposing and postposing (taqdim and ta?khir) in the history of Bayhaqi / Leila Seyed-Ghasem

The beauty of misleading : Ambiguity in Persian poetics and ghazal poetry / Natalia Chalisova

The science of poetics and Persian literary riddles : The case of Majd al-Din Hamgar / Asghar Seyed-Gohrab

A Maghribi poetics of ageing? Ibn Rashiq, al-Qar?ajanni, and Ibn ?amdis on al-shayb wa-l-shabab / Nicola Carpentieri

Beyond Eurocentric Turkology : Turkic poetry, Persian prosody, and the making of a non-language-specific system / Marc Toutant

Exploring the Arabic and Persian concept of imitation (tetebbu?) in 16th-century Ottoman biographies of poets / Aise Handan Konar

The proof of God’s eloquence in the poetics of Seyh Gâlib (d. 1213 AH/1799 CE) / Berat Açil

Metaphorical literalism and the poetics of reality : A?mad A?sa?i, figuration, and the world of images / Todd Lawson

From balagha to intiqad : Politicising the science of literature in modern Arabic literary thought / Haifa Alfaisal

Arabic poetics and prosody in practice : Najib Surur’s experimentalism in *Kalimat fi-l-?ubb* (‘Love Words’) / Chiara Fontana.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Academic, viewed December 2, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Arabic, Persian, and Turkic poetics.

ISBN:

9780197268001

0197268005

9780197268025

0197268021

9781805960966

1805960962

9780197268018

0197268013

OCLC:

1493604623

Publisher Number:

CIPO000234255

309160549

CIPO000270752

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license