Takhyil: The Imaginary in Classical Arabic Poetics

by Geert Jan Van Gelder

Takhyil is a term from Arabic poetics denoting the evocation of images. It has a broad spectrum of connotations throughout classical philosophical poetics and rhetoric, and it is closely linked to the Greek concept of phantasia. This volume is comprised of annotated translations of key texts on this topic from major philosophers and literary theoreticians, including Alfarabi (al-Farabi), Avicenna (Ibn Sina), Averroes (Ibn Rushd), and 'Abd al-Qahir...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0906094690
• ISBN13: 9780906094693
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.6"