ʿAnqāʾ Mughrib: The Poetics of a Mythical Creature
| العنوان: | ʿAnqāʾ Mughrib: The Poetics of a Mythical Creature |
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| المؤلفون: | Guy Ron-Gilboa |
| المصدر: | Journal of Abbasid Studies. 8:75-103 |
| بيانات النشر: | Brill, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Literature, business.industry, Poetics, Mythical Creature, media_common.quotation_subject, Art, business, media_common |
| الوصف: | In early Arabic literature, ʿAnqāʾ Mughrib is the name of the quintessential mythical bird. The ʿAnqāʾ appears in a myriad of medieval sources of different genres: poetical, narrative, proverbial, scientific, philosophical, and mystical. This paper draws attention to the multiple ways in which this bird was represented and the functions it fulfilled in different literary contexts. It explores the intricate web of quotations, allusions, and literary innovations that facilitated its multifarious uses and re-uses. I explore the various manifestations of the ʿAnqāʾ to demonstrate the different and at times contradictory meanings ascribed to it and its diverse literary functions: as a creature of speculative zoology; as metaphor of scarcity or non-existence; as a metaphor of God; as a marker of fictionality; and more. |
| تدمد: | 2214-2371 2214-2363 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::638d830f294a11102ad449a326069bf3 https://doi.org/10.1163/22142371-12340067 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi...........638d830f294a11102ad449a326069bf3 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 22142371 22142363 |
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