Takhyil: The Imaginary In Classical Arabic Poetics

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.

• | By (Author): G. J. Van Gelder
• | Publisher: Gibb Memorial Trust
• | Publication Date: Dec 05, 2008
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Language: Not Available
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0906094690
• | ISBN-13: 9780906094693