Bayān, Gesture, and Genre: Self-Positioning in al-Jurjānī’s Introductions

This article examines the generic affiliations in the introductions to ʿAbd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī’s (d. 471/1078 or 474/1081) Asrār al-balāgha and Dalāʾil al-iʿjāz, identifying their interlocutors, polemical purposes, and generic aspirations. Asrār al-balāgha aims to displace al-Jāḥiẓ (d. 255/868-9) a...

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Main Author: Miller, Jeannie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2018
In: Journal of Abbasid Studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 5, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 58-104
Further subjects:B ʿAbd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī bayān ishāra language theory legal theory uṣūl al-fiqh
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)