Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments VII
3. Contents IX
4. List of Abbreviations XI
5. Some Matters of Usage XIII
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1 Milieu and Life: al-Maʿarrī in Context 15
8. Chapter 2 Luzūmīyāt 44
9. Chapter 3 Between Belief and Unbelief—Early Treatments and Responses 83
10. Chapter 4 Between Belief and Unbelief—Modern Readings and Receptions 108
11. Chapter 5 Neither Belief nor Unbelief— Intentional Ambivalence 117
12. Chapter 6 Contradictions in Luzūmīyāt 134
13. Conclusions 169
14. Appendix: Verses of Luzūm in Arabic 173
15. Bibliography 181
16. Index 197