al-Ḥaqīqah wa-al-khayāl fī al-ghazal al-ʻudhrī wa-al-ghazal al-ṣarīḥ
by Mukhtār Sayyidī Ghawth
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How does Mukhtār Sayyidī Ghawth define the tension between truth (al-ḥaqīqah) and imagination (al-khayāl) within the tradition of classical Arabic love poetry?
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