CHAPTER II. A SURVEY OF THE FORM AND BACKGROUND OF THE MU'ALLAQĀT

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 3
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 7
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 9
4. NOTATION 11
5. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 13
6. CHAPTER II. A SURVEY OF THE FORM AND BACKGROUND OF THE MU'ALLAQĀT 23
7. CHAPTER III. THE FIVE POEMS 40
8. CHAPTER IV. PHONOLOGICAL DEVIATION 57
9. CHAPTER V. MORPHOLOGICAL REPETITION 69
10. CHAPTER VI. THE CRITERION OF ORDER 91
11. CHAPTER VII. CONCLUSIONS: THE SPAN OF PATTERN 117
12. APPENDIX A. THE TEXTS 131
13. APPENDIX B. THE STYLISTIC MAPS 133
14. Backmatter 189