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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

Terri DeYoung
Terri DeYoung*
Affiliation:
University of Washington
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Book Review
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Review of Middle East Studies , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , April 2018 , pp. 182 - 185
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Copyright © Middle East Studies Association of North America, Inc. 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.