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Cover Illustration: The birds (crows) who want a king, arab miniature from Kalîla wa Dimna, 13th century, Bibliothèque nationale de France (Manuscrits illustrés:Arabe 3465 Folio 95v).
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Names: Stetkevych, Suzanne Pinckney, author.
Title: The cooing of the dove and the cawing of the crow : late AbbaÌsid poetics in AbuÌ al-'AlaÌ' al-Ma'arriÌ's SaqtÌ£ al-Zand and LuzuÌm MaÌ LaÌ Yalzam / by Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023] | Series: Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures, 1571-5183 ; volume 43 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022014364 (print) | LCCN 2022014365 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004499270 (hardback ; acid-free paper) | ISBN 9789004499287 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: AbuÌ al-Ê»AlaÌʼ al-MaÊ»arriÌ, 973-1057. SaqtÌ£ al-zand. | AbuÌ al-Ê»AlaÌʼ al-MaÊ»arriÌ, 973-1057. LuzuÌmiÌyaÌt. | Poetics. | LCGFT: Literary criticism.
Classification: LCC PJ7750.A25 S3377 2022 (print) | LCC PJ7750.A25 (ebook) | DDC 892.7/134âdc23/eng/20220411
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ISSN 1571-5183
ISBN 978-90-04-49927-0 (hardback)
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