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Selections from the Poetry of the Afghans

by Henry George Raverty ...

Selections from the Poetry of the Afghansby H. G. RavertyAnthology of later Sufi poets from Afghanistan, many translated directly from rare manuscripts."It must be remembered, that these poems are the effusions of men who never enjoyed any of what we call the luxuries of life; yet how refined are the generality of their sentiments! Of men who lived in a state, such as our own Borderers lived in, ... Read more

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Selections from the Poetry of the Afghansby H. G. RavertyAnthology of later Sufi poets from Afghanistan, many translated directly from rare manuscripts."It must be remembered, that these poems are the effusions of men who never enjoyed any of what we call the luxuries of life; yet how refined are the generality of their sentiments! Of men who lived in a state, such as our own Borderers lived in,
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Ancient Assyria | Children's Middle Eastern History Books

by Baby Professor ...

Fill your kids with some powerful knowledge about the Middle Eastern culture with this book about the Ancient Assyria. Situated in the North-eastern part of Iraq, Assyria’s history is so rich that it deserves a spot in your children’s bright minds. Teach them to start liking history by getting them a copy of this book. ... Read more

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Fill your kids with some powerful knowledge about the Middle Eastern culture with this book about the Ancient Assyria. Situated in the North-eastern part of Iraq, Assyria’s history is so rich that it deserves a spot in your children’s bright minds. Teach them to start liking history by getting them a copy of this book.
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Sufism and Transcendentalism

A Poststructuralist Dialogue Between Rumi and Whitman

by Elham Shayegh ...

The rhetoric of cultural identity generally goes in two potential directions: One a universal line that insists on an overall pattern of integration and harmony among all peoples regardless of their differences, and the other a line which suggests that various cultures are so specific and different that they will eventually enter into clash, violence and war. Drawing upon Derrida's concept of ... Read more

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The rhetoric of cultural identity generally goes in two potential directions: One a universal line that insists on an overall pattern of integration and harmony among all peoples regardless of their differences, and the other a line which suggests that various cultures are so specific and different that they will eventually enter into clash, violence and war. Drawing upon Derrida's concept of
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Muslim and Supermuslim

The Quest for the Perfect Being and Beyond

by Roy Jackson ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This book looks to the rich and varied Islamic tradition for insights into what it means to be human and, by implication, what this can tell us about the future human. The transhumanist movement, in its more radical expression, sees Homo sapiens as the cousin, perhaps the poorer cousin, of a new Humanity 2.0: ‘Man’ is replaced by ‘Superman’. The contribution that Islam can make to this movement ... Read more

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This book looks to the rich and varied Islamic tradition for insights into what it means to be human and, by implication, what this can tell us about the future human. The transhumanist movement, in its more radical expression, sees Homo sapiens as the cousin, perhaps the poorer cousin, of a new Humanity 2.0: ‘Man’ is replaced by ‘Superman’. The contribution that Islam can make to this movement
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بەئاسمانی رۆژهەڵاتی ناڤینەوە-١

by Niyazi Braim ...

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ئەم کتێبە کە لەبەردەستدایە ، بەرگی یەکەممە لە نوسینەکانم لە ماوەی ١٥ ساڵدا، کۆی گشتی بەرگەکان خۆیان لە ١٢ بەرگ زیاتر دەدات ، کە تێکڕایان ، راپۆرتە هەواڵ و هەواڵ و شرۆڤە و دۆکۆمێنت و بابەت و راو سەرنجی میدیاکانی جیهان و هەرێمییە، سەبارەت بە هەرچوار پارچەی کوردستان و رۆژهەڵاتی ناڤین وجیهان.ئەم کتێبە یاداشت نوسینەوەی کەسیم نییە ، بەڵکو نوسینەکانمە لە ساتو شوێنی خۆیدا نوسراوە و، لە کتێبێکدا ، دەیخەمە ... Read more

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ئەم کتێبە کە لەبەردەستدایە ، بەرگی یەکەممە لە نوسینەکانم لە ماوەی ١٥ ساڵدا، کۆی گشتی بەرگەکان خۆیان لە ١٢ بەرگ زیاتر دەدات ، کە تێکڕایان ، راپۆرتە هەواڵ و هەواڵ و شرۆڤە و دۆکۆمێنت و بابەت و راو سەرنجی میدیاکانی جیهان و هەرێمییە، سەبارەت بە هەرچوار پارچەی کوردستان و رۆژهەڵاتی ناڤین وجیهان.ئەم کتێبە یاداشت نوسینەوەی کەسیم نییە ، بەڵکو نوسینەکانمە لە ساتو شوێنی خۆیدا نوسراوە و، لە کتێبێکدا ، دەیخەمە
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Premises and Problems

Essays on World Literature and Cinema

Edited by Luiza Franco Moreira ...

Series series SUNY Press Open Access
World literature, many have stressed, is a systematic category. Both literary scholars and social scientists have argued that the prestige of the major literary languages is key to establishing the shape of the overall system. In order to critically interrogate world literature and cinema, Premises and Problems approaches this system from the perspective of languages and film traditions that do ... Read more

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World literature, many have stressed, is a systematic category. Both literary scholars and social scientists have argued that the prestige of the major literary languages is key to establishing the shape of the overall system. In order to critically interrogate world literature and cinema, Premises and Problems approaches this system from the perspective of languages and film traditions that do
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Dio assemblato

Saggio sull'origine del monoteismo, fra scontro di civiltà e guerra interreligiosa

by Ton Milan ...

Dal 24 febbraio 2022 è in corso una terrificante guerra della Russia contro l’Ucraina per la contrapposizione di forze antagoniste: le filorusse e le ortodosse contro le europeiste e le cattoliche. Ancora una volta la fede religiosa è coinvolta nelle diatribe politiche, per cui se n’è presa visione per ribadire l’inconsistenza della religione, non esistendo la divinità che dovrebbe ... Read more

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Dal 24 febbraio 2022 è in corso una terrificante guerra della Russia contro l’Ucraina per la contrapposizione di forze antagoniste: le filorusse e le ortodosse contro le europeiste e le cattoliche. Ancora una volta la fede religiosa è coinvolta nelle diatribe politiche, per cui se n’è presa visione per ribadire l’inconsistenza della religione, non esistendo la divinità che dovrebbe
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Writing in Red

Literature and Revolution Across Turkey and the Soviet Union

by Nergis Ertürk ...

Series series Modernist Latitudes
The republic of Turkey and the Soviet Union both emerged from the wreckage of empires surrounding World War I, and pathways of literary exchange soon opened between the two revolutionary states. Even as the Turkish government pursued a friendly relationship with the USSR, it began to persecute communist writers. Whether going through official channels or fleeing repression, many Turkish writers ... Read more

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The republic of Turkey and the Soviet Union both emerged from the wreckage of empires surrounding World War I, and pathways of literary exchange soon opened between the two revolutionary states. Even as the Turkish government pursued a friendly relationship with the USSR, it began to persecute communist writers. Whether going through official channels or fleeing repression, many Turkish writers
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بيوغرافيا اللَّيل

مُقارباتٌ في مناماتٍ إبداعيّة

by محمود هدايت ...

ثمّة كتابة نهاريّة قدرها الصباحات البائسة والنفوس شبه الطبيعيّة؛ كتابة هادئة، ومطمئنة، وسطحيّة الطروس، وناعمة الملامس، وذلك في مقابل كتابة نوكتيرونيّة تصنعها النفوس الاستثنائيّة داخل ورشة الدياميس المرعبة. كتابة صاخبة وقلقة وعميقة الأغوار، وناتئة المدارك. لنقل، على سبيل الاستعارة، إنّها محبرة شديدة السواد، نازفة من الروح اللاّمتآلفة مع أنظمة العالم المتكلّس، يستعين بها نبّاش لحود في مقابر الأبديّة ... Read more

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ثمّة كتابة نهاريّة قدرها الصباحات البائسة والنفوس شبه الطبيعيّة؛ كتابة هادئة، ومطمئنة، وسطحيّة الطروس، وناعمة الملامس، وذلك في مقابل كتابة نوكتيرونيّة تصنعها النفوس الاستثنائيّة داخل ورشة الدياميس المرعبة. كتابة صاخبة وقلقة وعميقة الأغوار، وناتئة المدارك. لنقل، على سبيل الاستعارة، إنّها محبرة شديدة السواد، نازفة من الروح اللاّمتآلفة مع أنظمة العالم المتكلّس، يستعين بها نبّاش لحود في مقابر الأبديّة
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مقاربات في المتن الروائي العربي

by أحمد الشيخاوي ...

يرى المؤلف أن الفن الروائي العربي- القادم إلينا من ثقافة غربية لها خصوصياتها ومميزاتها- عاجز عن الانتشار بسبب عدم قدرته على التحرر من أسر جذوره الغربية. لذلك يبدو عاجزاً بالتالي عن تأسيس خطاب روائي عربي حداثي مستقل عن الجذور والمنبت الغربي؛ أي مندمج في الهوية الثقافية للغة الضاد ومتماهٍ مع خصوصيتها وطابعها الثقافي، كما هو الحال بالنسبة لنوعي القصة والشعر الأصيلين في الثقافة العربية.ويرى المؤلف ... Read more

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يرى المؤلف أن الفن الروائي العربي- القادم إلينا من ثقافة غربية لها خصوصياتها ومميزاتها- عاجز عن الانتشار بسبب عدم قدرته على التحرر من أسر جذوره الغربية. لذلك يبدو عاجزاً بالتالي عن تأسيس خطاب روائي عربي حداثي مستقل عن الجذور والمنبت الغربي؛ أي مندمج في الهوية الثقافية للغة الضاد ومتماهٍ مع خصوصيتها وطابعها الثقافي، كما هو الحال بالنسبة لنوعي القصة والشعر الأصيلين في الثقافة العربية.ويرى المؤلف
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The Worlding of Arabic Literature

Language, Affect, and the Ethics of Translatability

by Anna Ziajka Stanton ...

Critics have long viewed translating Arabic literature into English as an ethically fraught process of mediating between two wholly incommensurable languages, cultures, and literary traditions. Today, Arabic literature is no longer “embargoed” from Anglophone cultural spaces, as Edward Said once famously claimed that it was. As Arabic literary works are translated into English in ever-greater ... Read more

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Critics have long viewed translating Arabic literature into English as an ethically fraught process of mediating between two wholly incommensurable languages, cultures, and literary traditions. Today, Arabic literature is no longer “embargoed” from Anglophone cultural spaces, as Edward Said once famously claimed that it was. As Arabic literary works are translated into English in ever-greater
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La Vida en Tiempos Heroicos de Persia

Un viaje para descubrir la magia de la épica persa

by Italo Pizzi ...

Italo Pizzi (Parma 1849 - Turín 1920) fue uno de los mayores orientalistas italianos. Profesor de Persa y de Filología indoiraní en la Universidad de Turín y subbibliotecario de la Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana de Florencia, tradujo y publicó entre 1886 y 1888 la versión integral en verso del Shāhnāme, el "Libro de los Reyes" de Hakīm Abū l-Qāsim Ferdowsī, el más grande poeta épico de la ... Read more

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Italo Pizzi (Parma 1849 - Turín 1920) fue uno de los mayores orientalistas italianos. Profesor de Persa y de Filología indoiraní en la Universidad de Turín y subbibliotecario de la Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana de Florencia, tradujo y publicó entre 1886 y 1888 la versión integral en verso del Shāhnāme, el "Libro de los Reyes" de Hakīm Abū l-Qāsim Ferdowsī, el más grande poeta épico de la
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Contemporary Art, World Cinema, and Visual Culture

Essays by Hamid Dabashi

Edited by Hamid Keshmirshekan ...

"Contemporary Art, World Cinema, and Visual Culture: Essays by Hamid Dabashi" is a collection of writings by the acclaimed cultural critic and scholar. A thorough Introduction rigorously frames chapters and identifies in Dabashi’s writings a comprehensive approach, which forms the criteria for selecting the essays for the volume. The Introduction also teases out of these essays the overarching ... Read more

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"Contemporary Art, World Cinema, and Visual Culture: Essays by Hamid Dabashi" is a collection of writings by the acclaimed cultural critic and scholar. A thorough Introduction rigorously frames chapters and identifies in Dabashi’s writings a comprehensive approach, which forms the criteria for selecting the essays for the volume. The Introduction also teases out of these essays the overarching
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Toward a Critical Rhetoric on the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Edited by Matthew Abraham ...

This edited collection brings together a group of rhetoricians seeking to develop productive ways to discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict,while avoiding the discursive impasses that so often derail attempts to exchange points of view. ... Read more

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This edited collection brings together a group of rhetoricians seeking to develop productive ways to discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict,while avoiding the discursive impasses that so often derail attempts to exchange points of view.
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A History of Ottoman Poetry

Volume I - 1300-1450

by E. J. W. Gibb ...

Series series Gibb Memorial Trust Turkish Studies
The History of Ottoman Poetry, first published in six volumes between 1900 and 1909, was the principal product of E.J.W. Gibb’s devotion to Ottoman Turkish literature. By the time of his early death in 1901 only the first volume had appeared in print. The remainder was almost complete and was seen through the press by Gibb’s friend and literary executor, the Persian scholar E. G. Browne. The ... Read more

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The History of Ottoman Poetry, first published in six volumes between 1900 and 1909, was the principal product of E.J.W. Gibb’s devotion to Ottoman Turkish literature. By the time of his early death in 1901 only the first volume had appeared in print. The remainder was almost complete and was seen through the press by Gibb’s friend and literary executor, the Persian scholar E. G. Browne. The
... Read more
A History of Ottoman Poetry

Volume II - 1450-1520

by E. J. W. Gibb ...

Series series Gibb Memorial Trust Turkish Studies
The History of Ottoman Poetry, first published in six volumes between 1900 and 1909, was the principal product of E.J.W. Gibb’s devotion to Ottoman Turkish literature. By the time of his early death in 1901 only the first volume had appeared in print. The remainder was almost complete and was seen through the press by Gibb’s friend and literary executor, the Persian scholar E. G. Browne. The ... Read more

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The History of Ottoman Poetry, first published in six volumes between 1900 and 1909, was the principal product of E.J.W. Gibb’s devotion to Ottoman Turkish literature. By the time of his early death in 1901 only the first volume had appeared in print. The remainder was almost complete and was seen through the press by Gibb’s friend and literary executor, the Persian scholar E. G. Browne. The
... Read more
Bookless in Baghdad

Reflections on Writing and Writers

by Shashi Tharoor ...

Shashi Tharoor is once again at his provocative best. In the title essay, we learn the steep price paid by some Iraqis just to obtain a book; what does it mean when selling books, essentially selling culture, out of one’s own library is the only way to put bread on the table? Later, Tharoor reminisces about growing up with books in India and the central position of classics like the Mahabharata in ... Read more

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Shashi Tharoor is once again at his provocative best. In the title essay, we learn the steep price paid by some Iraqis just to obtain a book; what does it mean when selling books, essentially selling culture, out of one’s own library is the only way to put bread on the table? Later, Tharoor reminisces about growing up with books in India and the central position of classics like the Mahabharata in
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Fārs-nāma of Ibnu l-Balkhī

by Reynold A. Nicholson, Guy Le Strange ...

Series series Gibb Memorial Trust Persian Studies
This description of the province of Fars, was written around the beginning of the 12th century A.D. The author cites his qualifications for it "I was well acquainted with the present condition of the people of Fars ... being well versed also in the events of their history and exactly acquainted with the story of their kings and rulers." This is a reprint of the edition of 1952. ... Read more

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This description of the province of Fars, was written around the beginning of the 12th century A.D. The author cites his qualifications for it "I was well acquainted with the present condition of the people of Fars ... being well versed also in the events of their history and exactly acquainted with the story of their kings and rulers." This is a reprint of the edition of 1952.
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Sadi's Scroll of Wisdom

by Sadi, Arthur N. Wollaston ...

Sadi's Scroll of Wisdomby Sadi And Tr. by Arthur N. WollastonThe Persian poet Sadi, best known for his poetic collections the Bustan and Gulistan, also wrote this work, the Pand Namah, or Scroll of Wisdom. This is a small collection of poems on moral themes. Translated by Arthur N. Wollaston, this entry in the Wisdom of the East series is one of the best.SHAIKH MUSLIH-UD-DIN SADI, the celebrated ... Read more

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Sadi's Scroll of Wisdomby Sadi And Tr. by Arthur N. WollastonThe Persian poet Sadi, best known for his poetic collections the Bustan and Gulistan, also wrote this work, the Pand Namah, or Scroll of Wisdom. This is a small collection of poems on moral themes. Translated by Arthur N. Wollaston, this entry in the Wisdom of the East series is one of the best.SHAIKH MUSLIH-UD-DIN SADI, the celebrated
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Prophet Muhammad in French and English Literature

1650 to the Present

by Ahmad Gunny ...

"Gunny, a pioneer in the study of French and European literary and theological representations of Islam in the modern period, offers a survey of over 350 years, which is both a cross cultural history and a discussion of the intellectual changes in the representation of the Prophet's life based on the examination of original published and unpublished manuscripts." -Islamic Horizons"Ahmad Gunny has ... Read more

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"Gunny, a pioneer in the study of French and European literary and theological representations of Islam in the modern period, offers a survey of over 350 years, which is both a cross cultural history and a discussion of the intellectual changes in the representation of the Prophet's life based on the examination of original published and unpublished manuscripts." -Islamic Horizons"Ahmad Gunny has
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Bialik

by David Aberbach ...

Series Book 1 - Jewish Thinkers
During his lifetime, Chaim Nachman Bialik was hailed and the poet larueate of Jewish nationalism and was regarded as one of the major Jewish cultural influences of his age. He was seen as the poet of hope and revival in an age which witnessed the Russian Pale of Settlement, pogroms, the Russian Revoltuion, the rise of Zionim and of Hebrew as a living language. David Aberbach explores the ... Read more

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During his lifetime, Chaim Nachman Bialik was hailed and the poet larueate of Jewish nationalism and was regarded as one of the major Jewish cultural influences of his age. He was seen as the poet of hope and revival in an age which witnessed the Russian Pale of Settlement, pogroms, the Russian Revoltuion, the rise of Zionim and of Hebrew as a living language. David Aberbach explores the
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Love at a Crux

The New Persian Romance in a Global Middle Ages

by Cameron Cross ...

Love at a Crux presents the emergence of versified love stories in the New Persian language as a crucial event in the history of romance. Using the tale of Vis & Rāmin (w. 1054) as its focal point, the book explores how Persian court poets in the eleventh century reconfigured "myths" and "fables" from the distant past in ways that transformed the love story from a form of evening entertainment to ... Read more

£42.83

Love at a Crux presents the emergence of versified love stories in the New Persian language as a crucial event in the history of romance. Using the tale of Vis & Rāmin (w. 1054) as its focal point, the book explores how Persian court poets in the eleventh century reconfigured "myths" and "fables" from the distant past in ways that transformed the love story from a form of evening entertainment to
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عمر الخيام

رباعياتُه ودراسة تحليلية عن حياتِه

by حبيب حامد, Agency Kinzy Publishing ...

حامد حبيب هو كاتب وناقد مصري معروف. ولد في محافظة الشرقية في مصر. يُعتبر حبيب اسمًا هاما في مجال الترجمة والدراسات الأدبية، وله اهتمامٌ خاص بالأدب الفارسي الكلاسيكي والشعر الفارسي التقليدي.في كتابه "عمر الخيام: رباعياتُه ودراسة تحليلية عن حياتِه". يتناول حامد حبيب الشاعر الفارسي عمر الخيام ورباعياته، ويقدم تحليلًا عميقًا لحياته وأعماله، يعتبر هذا الكتاب مرجعًا هامًا لدراسة الشاعر الخيام وتفسير ... Read more

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حامد حبيب هو كاتب وناقد مصري معروف. ولد في محافظة الشرقية في مصر. يُعتبر حبيب اسمًا هاما في مجال الترجمة والدراسات الأدبية، وله اهتمامٌ خاص بالأدب الفارسي الكلاسيكي والشعر الفارسي التقليدي.في كتابه "عمر الخيام: رباعياتُه ودراسة تحليلية عن حياتِه". يتناول حامد حبيب الشاعر الفارسي عمر الخيام ورباعياته، ويقدم تحليلًا عميقًا لحياته وأعماله، يعتبر هذا الكتاب مرجعًا هامًا لدراسة الشاعر الخيام وتفسير
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شعر حافظ

by إبراهيم عبد القادر المازني ...

يتقدم هذا الكتاب بمجموعة قيمة من المقالات النقدية التي خصصها الكاتب لاستعراض شعر الأديب حافظ إبراهيم, ويتألق كوثيقة ثمينة في ساحة النقد الأدبي, حيث يمثل مرحلة متقدمة في تطور ممارسات النقد الأدبي الحديث. يقدم الكاتب تحليلاً دقيقًا وتقديرًا للشعرية لحافظ, يتناول جوانب الأغراض التي اعتمدها ويسلط الضوء على السرقات الشعرية والمآخذ اللغوية والأسلوبية. بالإضافة إلى ذلك, يستعرض قضايا هامة مثل المذهب ... Read more

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يتقدم هذا الكتاب بمجموعة قيمة من المقالات النقدية التي خصصها الكاتب لاستعراض شعر الأديب حافظ إبراهيم, ويتألق كوثيقة ثمينة في ساحة النقد الأدبي, حيث يمثل مرحلة متقدمة في تطور ممارسات النقد الأدبي الحديث. يقدم الكاتب تحليلاً دقيقًا وتقديرًا للشعرية لحافظ, يتناول جوانب الأغراض التي اعتمدها ويسلط الضوء على السرقات الشعرية والمآخذ اللغوية والأسلوبية. بالإضافة إلى ذلك, يستعرض قضايا هامة مثل المذهب
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