The Arabic theory of prosification and versification : on ḥall and naẓm in Arabic theoretical discourse / Amidu Sanni. Stuttgart : Steiner, 1998
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Front cover
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Title page
Dedication
Contens
Preface
Foreword
Exordium
Chapter One Qurʾānic and Poetic Idioms in Prose: the ḥall "prosification" Theory
Chapter Two Ibn al-Athīr's al-Washy al-marqūm: an Analytical Study
26 I Fī ḥall al-shiʿr (Prosification of Poetry)
26 Section 1 Ḥall al-shiʿr bi-lafẓihī (Prosification with the original wording retained)
38 Section 2 ḥall al-shiʿr bi-baʿḍ lafẓihī (Partial prosification)
47 Section 3 ḥall al-shiʿr bi-ghayr lafẓihī (Prosification in words different from those of the poem)
55 II Fī ḥall āyāt al-Qurʾān (Recomposition of Qurʾānic Verses)
73 III Fī ḥall al-akhbār al-Nabawiyya (Recomposition of Prophetic Anecdotes)
Chapter Three Al-Nayramānī's Manthūr al-manẓūm: an Analytical Study
99 I Bāb al-Ḥamāsa (The Chapter on Chivalry)
103 II Bāb al-Nasīb (The Chapter on Geneology/Love)
107 III Bāb al-ʿItāb (The Chapter on Reproach)
112 IV Bāb al-Hijāʾ (The Chapter on hijā)
116 V Bāb al-Adab (The Chapter on Manners/Ethics)
119 VI Bāb al-Awṣāf (The Chapter on Descriptions)
124 VII Bāb al-Taʿāzī (The Chapter on Condolences)
127 VIII Bāb al-Mulaḥ (The Chapter on Entertaining Stories)
Chapter Four Qurʾānic and Prose Conceits in Poetry: the naẓm "versification" Theory
Peroration
Appendix
Abbreviations
Works Consulted
Index Of Names & Terms
Summary
ملخص
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