Al-Āmidī’s al-Muwāzana and the Size of Knowledge

Abstract This paper first surveys the structure, content and purpose of al-Āmidī’s al-Muwāzana , the largest work of poetic criticism of the fourth/tenth century, then its medieval reception, which grants it quasi-encyclopaedic authority. Modern reception has often dehistoricized it by viewing it on...

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Published in:Journal of Abbasid Studies
Main Author: Bray, Julia 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2020
In: Journal of Abbasid Studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 121-144
Further subjects:B citation practice
B al-Āmidī’s al-Muwāzana
B “archival” outlook
B “big books”
B Abū l-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī
B ego-document
B al-Tanūkhī
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