The Snake in the Tree in Abu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arri's Epistle of Forgiveness: Critical Essay and Translation.
This study first proposes to interpret the opening passages of Abu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arrî's (363-449/973-1058) Rlsälat al-Ghufrän {Epistle of Forgiveness) in terms of the mythic, lexic and ludic elements that make up the substance of what is essentially a non-narrative discourse. The study argues that...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Arabic Literature Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 1 - 81 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
2014
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