بديع الزمان و المكان
فَمَا تَقُولُ فِي المُحْدَثِينَ منْ الشُّعَراءِ والمُتَقَدِّمينَ مِنهُمْ؟ قالَ: المُتَقَدِّمونَ أَشْرفُ لَفْظًا، وَأَكثرُ منْ المَعَاني حَظًا، وَالمُتَأَخِّرونَ أَلْطَفُ صُنْعًا، وَأَرَقُّ نَسْجًا،
'What is thy opinion of the modern and the ancient poets?' 1 He answered: 'The language of the ancients is nobler and their themes more delightful, whereas the conceits of the moderns are more refined and their style more elegant.'
aligning a novella on the literary tentpoles of the Maqamat genre, Islamic folklore, the orientalist slave/master binary bildungsroman, Fal-e Hafez, the great American dystopian wanderer tradition, historical materialist political fantasy, Middle Eastern language morphological derivation, while all the way trying for a spare narrative voice, sure seems like a nonstarter
'What is thy opinion of the modern and the ancient poets?' 1 He answered: 'The language of the ancients is nobler and their themes more delightful, whereas the conceits of the moderns are more refined and their style more elegant.'
aligning a novella on the literary tentpoles of the Maqamat genre, Islamic folklore, the orientalist slave/master binary bildungsroman, Fal-e Hafez, the great American dystopian wanderer tradition, historical materialist political fantasy, Middle Eastern language morphological derivation, while all the way trying for a spare narrative voice, sure seems like a nonstarter
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