Astrology between Poetics and Politics in the Abbasid Period: Abū al-‘Alā’ al-Ma'arrī as Case Study

It is the aim of this study to examine the astrological references in the work of Abū al-‘Alā’ al-Ma'arrī, an outstanding reclusive misanthropic poet who occupies a lonely eminence among the poets of the mid-Abbasid period. He addressed the ordinary thoughtful citizen and never put his talent a...

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Authors: Salhi, Zahia Smail (Author) ; Abbasi, Abeer (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2012]
In: Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2012, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 347-401
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