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Issa J. Boullata, True Arab Love (Westmount, Quebec: Linda Leith Publishing, 2016). Pp. 87. 12.95 paper. ISBN: 9781988130088.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 May 2018
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1 This statement is an accurate representation of literary history. It was the Arab who originated poetry concerned with “courtly” or romantic love, while ancient poets—like Catullus or Ovid—were more concerned with recording the mechanics of seduction and not its emotional resonance.