| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xxiii, 215 p. |
| Series |
Contemporary issues in the Middle East |
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Contemporary issues in the Middle East.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The poetics of the invisible : Muslim imagination and the jinn -- Correspondences between jinn and humans -- Beings of light and of fire -- Divination, revelation, and the jinn -- Magic, possession, diseases, and the jinn -- Jinn in animal shapes -- Love between humans and jinn -- Jinn inspiring poets -- Conclusion: The sentience of inside out/outside in -- Appendix: The different classes of the jinn. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Jinn.
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Islamic demonology.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780815632009 (cloth alk. paper) |
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0815632002 (cloth alk. paper) |
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9780815650706 (electronic bk.) |
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