الموازنات النقدية في خزانة الأدب و غاية الأرب لابن حجة الحموي

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This research attempts to unveil the most important characteristic of Ibn Hajjah al-Hamawi's book : Khizanatul Adab wa Ghayatul Irb, it is considered to be one of the strongest reasons for critics' reception of it.

in addition to its richness with brilliant critical views and rhetorical illustrations and the return with the rhetorical lesson to literature ; it became clear that there is another feature, which lies in the fact that the author built this encyclopedia on critical balances, realizing the importance of balancing in selecting the best literary works, in revealing their aesthetics, directing critical judgments, and developing literary taste.

and he made this a decree that he did not deviate from, as he balanced between rhetorical illustrations, and sometimes among poets.

he even, and if these balances were re-read that reveals their technical standards, it would reveal a deep critical vision in our Arab critical heritage.