Kevin Blankinship
Biographic Data
| ID | 710122 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin Blankinship |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin |
| FAMILY NAME | Blankinship |
| SIGNATURE | BLANKINSHIP K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brigham Young University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4296-445X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Fate the Hunter
As Barren as Mother Eve
Pre-modern Arabic literary critics often discuss why poems are good, or at least, why some poems are better than others. This article discusses why critics think poems are bad, or at least, why some poems are worse than others. Specifically, why some poems are bad in terms of how they end. Examples of allegedly poor poetic closure, al-intihāʾ or al-khitām , appear in works of “practical criticism” such as anthologies, rhetorical manuals, books on…
All the World is Awry
Giggers, Greeners, Peyserts, and Palliards
Traditionally studied as a window onto Arab-Muslim social reality, the medieval Arabic underworld slang found in Kitāb al-Bukhalāʾ (The book of misers) by al-Jāḥiẓ (d. 869 CE) and indeed al-Bukhalāʾ as a whole serve a number of functions and meanings at once, not just historical documentation. Such multiplicity has implications for translation, which should strive to convey the work's sociolinguistic and textual heterogeneity. With this ideal in …
Suffering the Sons of Eve
In the year 1021 CE, blind author and skeptic Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī (d. 1057 CE) wrote Risālat al-ṣāhil wa-l-shāḥij (The Epistle of the Horse and the Mule), a winding prose work populated by animal characters who talk about poetry, grammar, riddles, and Syrian society on the eve of the crusades. Traditionally forgotten as a source for al-Maʿarrī's pacifism, and his vegan worldview, the Ṣāhil lets readers see his thinking on animals more than mos…
The Mediterranean and the Dream of Comparative Literature
As a category, “Mediterranean religion” echoes a recent global turn in the academic humanities. While this turn goes back at least as far as such twentieth-century foundations as Arnold Toynbee’s civilizational typology or Max Weber’s sociology of religion, the worldwide humanities have been especially prominent since the new millennium. The Harvard Institute for World Literature, directed by David Damrosch, makes use of seminars and publications…
Der Koran des Abū l-ʿAlāʾ . By Christian Peltz. 2 vols. Arabische Studien 11. Wiesbaden
Previous articleNext article FreeBook ReviewsDer Koran des Abū l-ʿAlāʾ. By Christian Peltz. 2 vols. Arabische Studien 11. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2013. Pp. xxi + 744. €128.Kevin BlankinshipKevin BlankinshipThe University of Chicago Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailQR Code SectionsMoreMark Twain once de…
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Der Koran des Abū l-ʿAlāʾ . By Christian Peltz. 2 vols. Arabische Studien 11. Wiesbaden
Previous articleNext article FreeBook ReviewsDer Koran des Abū l-ʿAlāʾ. By Christian Peltz. 2 vols. Arabische Studien 11. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2013. Pp. xxi + 744. €128.Kevin BlankinshipKevin BlankinshipThe University of Chicago Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailQR Code SectionsMoreMark Twain once de…
The Mediterranean and the Dream of Comparative Literature
As a category, “Mediterranean religion” echoes a recent global turn in the academic humanities. While this turn goes back at least as far as such twentieth-century foundations as Arnold Toynbee’s civilizational typology or Max Weber’s sociology of religion, the worldwide humanities have been especially prominent since the new millennium. The Harvard Institute for World Literature, directed by David Damrosch, makes use of seminars and publications…
Suffering the Sons of Eve
In the year 1021 CE, blind author and skeptic Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī (d. 1057 CE) wrote Risālat al-ṣāhil wa-l-shāḥij (The Epistle of the Horse and the Mule), a winding prose work populated by animal characters who talk about poetry, grammar, riddles, and Syrian society on the eve of the crusades. Traditionally forgotten as a source for al-Maʿarrī's pacifism, and his vegan worldview, the Ṣāhil lets readers see his thinking on animals more than mos…
Giggers, Greeners, Peyserts, and Palliards
Traditionally studied as a window onto Arab-Muslim social reality, the medieval Arabic underworld slang found in Kitāb al-Bukhalāʾ (The book of misers) by al-Jāḥiẓ (d. 869 CE) and indeed al-Bukhalāʾ as a whole serve a number of functions and meanings at once, not just historical documentation. Such multiplicity has implications for translation, which should strive to convey the work's sociolinguistic and textual heterogeneity. With this ideal in …
As Barren as Mother Eve
Pre-modern Arabic literary critics often discuss why poems are good, or at least, why some poems are better than others. This article discusses why critics think poems are bad, or at least, why some poems are worse than others. Specifically, why some poems are bad in terms of how they end. Examples of allegedly poor poetic closure, al-intihāʾ or al-khitām , appear in works of “practical criticism” such as anthologies, rhetorical manuals, books on…
All the World is Awry
Fate the Hunter
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