The Case Of Rhyme Versus Reason: IBN Al-Rumi And His Poetics In Context (Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures)

Acknowledgments......Page 9
General Notes......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
1–A Birth, Family, Education, Intellectual Orientation, Death......Page 17
1–B The Poet's Persona as Constructed, Interpreted and Preserved by Later Generations in the Akhbār......Page 28
1–C The Poet's Reception......Page 33
1–D The "Greek Thesis"......Page 40
1–E The Case of Rhyme vs. Reason (Opening Statement)......Page 48
2–A Introduction......Page 52
i. Background......Page 55
ii. The Role of Logic......Page 65
iii. The Translation of the Organon......Page 75
2–C The Munāzarah......Page 80
2–D Passive Reception of the Hellenic Legacy vs. Active and Creative Appropriation......Page 95
i. The Patrons......Page 99
ii. The Fora for the Munāzarāt and other Intellectual Exchanges......Page 113
iii. Conclusion—The Age in Review......Page 130
The Argument......Page 137
2–A The Worship of Life......Page 147
Rebuttal......Page 148
Rebuttal......Page 177
2–C Personification......Page 187
Reservations......Page 190
3–A The Subjects Treated in His Poems......Page 192
3–B The Poet's Keen Interest in Word Derivation (al-Ishtiqāq) and Fondness for Puns and Wordplay......Page 199
3–C Arguing both Sides of an Issue; Making the Weaker Cause the Stronger; Making the True False and the False True......Page 204
3–D The Literary Munāzārah......Page 218
4–A Introduction......Page 239
i. Definition of Istiqsā' al-Ma'ānī and "Precedents"?......Page 240
ii. Descriptions of the Technique by Medieval and Modern Critics......Page 242
iii. The Related Issue of Tūl al-Nafas......Page 247
iv. Istiqsā' al-Ma'ānī, Examples......Page 251
v. The Motivation of the Phenomenon, Introduction......Page 268
a. In the Interests of Clarity......Page 269
b. The Poet's Poor Opinion of his Audience's Literary Acumen......Page 272
c. Poets Sometimes Rewarded by the Line......Page 274
d. To Honor and Dignify the Patron......Page 275
e. To Fend off Charges of 'Ujmah......Page 277
f. To Leave Nothing that could be Said Unsaid, and the Related Issue of Ifhām (Qat' ) al-Khusūm......Page 280
g. The Encroachment of the Epistolary Arts......Page 291
4–C The Syllogistic Character of Certain of his Poems, or Sections of his Poems......Page 292
4–D The Poetic Movement from the General to the Specific (Mujmal Mufassal )......Page 299
4–E The Relationship of the Poet's Style to the Nascent Art of Prose Composition (al-Inshā', al-Tarāsul, al-Kitābah)......Page 304
4–F The Poet's Argumentative Discourse Strategies......Page 325
4–G The Organization of his Qasīdahs......Page 349
4–H A 3rd/9th Century Munāzarah: The Case of Rhyme vs. Reason (Closing Argument)......Page 370
1–A The Reception of Poem no. 444, The Mamdūh, Stylistic, Artistic and Formal Features of the Poem......Page 377
1–B The Panegyric Qasīdah Form and the Structure of Poem no. 444......Page 390
1–C The Ideology of Praise......Page 406
The Nasīb......Page 420
The Madīh......Page 443
4–A The Rahīl......Page 525
4–B Concluding Madīh......Page 543
4–C The Dedication and Benediction......Page 549
4–D Epilogue......Page 562
Conclusion......Page 564
Appendix A "Map" to Qasīdah no. 444......Page 576
Appendix B Arabic Texts......Page 581
Works Cited......Page 613
Index of Ibn al-Rūmī's Poems Cited......Page 635
General Index......Page 640