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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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