Beyond the Line: Classical Arabic Literary Critics on the Coherence and Unity of the Poem

Abd al-Qahir Abū Tammām Aghānī al-'Askari al-Amidi al-Baqillānī al-Buḥturi al-Din al-Farazdaq al-Ḥātimi al-Jāḥiz al-Jurjānī al-Marzubānī al-Mutanabbi al-Nabigha al-Qahir al-Qays al-Qazwini al-Qur'an al-shir Arabic criticism Arabic literary Arabic poetry Arabische Dichtung badi Bayān beginning Bonebakker chapter coherence connection discussed Dīvān elegy enjambment examples fragments gharad ghazal Grunebaum Ḥāzim hemistich Hilya husn Ibid Ibn Abi l-Işba Ibn al-Athir Ibn al-Mu'tazz Ibn Hijja Ibn Khaldun Ibn Qutayba Ibn Rashiq Ibn Rushd Ibn Ţabāṭabā ibtida illustrations Imra istihlal istiṭrād Iyar jāz kharja Khizāna khurūj Koran literary criticism literary theory madiḥ mamduḥ Mathal means mentioned metre Minhaj motifs Muḥammad Muqaddima Muwashshaḥ Muwāzana Naqd nasib opening line panegyric passage poem poet poetics polythematic praise prose qaşīda Qawa'id Qudāma quoted refers remarks rhyme says Schoeler Shir Şina atayn speech structure sura Tahrir takhalluş Talkhiş term Tha'lab thematic theme traditional transition translated Umda unity verse Wasāța whole words Zahr