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Stages of Ascent: Neoplatonic Affinities in Classical Arabic Poetry (2022)
Book Chapter
Sperl, S. (2022). Stages of Ascent: Neoplatonic Affinities in Classical Arabic Poetry. In S. Sperl, & Y. Dedes (Eds.), Faces of the Infinite: Neoplatonism and Poetry at the Confluence of Africa, Asia and Europe (93-130). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197267257.003.0003

This chapter argues that the Arabic poetic tradition possesses certain structural, thematic and prosodic features which were combined with the Qur’anic message in order to give expression to notions of the soul’s ascent which may be recognised as Neo... Read More about Stages of Ascent: Neoplatonic Affinities in Classical Arabic Poetry.

Faces of the Infinite: Neoplatonism and Poetry at the Confluence of Africa, Asia and Europe (2022)
Book
Sperl, S., & Dedes, Y. (Eds.). (2022). Faces of the Infinite: Neoplatonism and Poetry at the Confluence of Africa, Asia and Europe. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197267257.001.0001

Neoplatonism, the dominant philosophy of Late Antiquity, inspired not only the intellectual traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam but also their arts. Neoplatonic notions of the ascent of the soul, the nature of love and beauty, divine immane... Read More about Faces of the Infinite: Neoplatonism and Poetry at the Confluence of Africa, Asia and Europe.

Between Content and Form: The Models of Representation in Kurdish Poetry of Turkish (2019)
Thesis
Sahbaz, T. Between Content and Form: The Models of Representation in Kurdish Poetry of Turkish. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis is a theoretical study of models of representation marking the political content, language uses and aesthetics of Kurdish literary writing in Turkish language; it aims to offer a situated and historicised analysis to help address current... Read More about Between Content and Form: The Models of Representation in Kurdish Poetry of Turkish.

Foreign Affinities : Arabic Translations of English Poetry and their Impact on Modern Arabic Verse : A Discursive Approach (2018)
Thesis
Saedi, G. Foreign Affinities : Arabic Translations of English Poetry and their Impact on Modern Arabic Verse : A Discursive Approach. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

A poetic of analogy in the works of poets from the Iberian Peninsula (2018)
Thesis
Hunter, M. L. A poetic of analogy in the works of poets from the Iberian Peninsula. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Bravery and eloquence: poetry in the siyar shaʻbīyah (2012)
Thesis
Phillips, P. T. G. Bravery and eloquence: poetry in the siyar shaʻbīyah. (Thesis). SOAS, University of London

Qasida Form and Mystic Path in 13th Century Egypt (1996)
Book Chapter
Sperl, S. (1996). Qasida Form and Mystic Path in 13th Century Egypt. In S. Sperl, & C. Shackle (Eds.), Qasida poetry in Islamic Asia and Africa (65-82). Brill

Qasida Poetry in Islamic Africa and Asia (2 volumes) (1996)
Book
Sperl, S., & Shackle, C. (Eds.). (1996). Qasida Poetry in Islamic Africa and Asia (2 volumes). Brill

The Transformation of the Qasida Form in Modern Arabic Literature (1996)
Book Chapter
Hafez, S. (1996). The Transformation of the Qasida Form in Modern Arabic Literature. In S. Sperl, & C. Shackle (Eds.), Qasida Poetry in Islamic Asia and Africa (99-120). Brill

Ma'ama'are (1996)
Book Chapter
Furniss, G. (1996). Ma'ama'are. In S. Sperl, & C. Shackle (Eds.), Qasida Poetry in Islamic Asia and Africa, Vol 2: Eulogy's Bounty, Meaning's Abundance. An Anthology (372-87). Brill

Mobilise the people: the qasida in Fulfulde and Hausa as purposive literature (1996)
Book Chapter
Furniss, G., & Boyd, J. (1996). Mobilise the people: the qasida in Fulfulde and Hausa as purposive literature. In S. Sperl, & C. Shackle (Eds.), Qasida Poetry in Islamic Asia and Africa, Vol. 1: Classical Traditions and Modern Meanings (429-449). Brill

The Kurds, A Contemporary Overview (1991)
Book
Kreyenbroek, P. G., & Sperl, S. (Eds.). (1991). The Kurds, A Contemporary Overview. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203993415

The position of the 19 million Kurds is an extremely complex one. Their territory is divided between 5 sovereign states, none of which have a Kurdish majority. They speak widely divergent dialects, and are also divided by religious affiliations and s... Read More about The Kurds, A Contemporary Overview.