Medieval Persian Court Poetry

Author : Julie Scott Meisami
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781400858781

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Medieval Persian Court Poetry by Julie Scott Meisami Pdf

Dr. Meisami discloses previously neglected stylistic qualities and ethical purposes in medieval Persian court poetry, and shows that court poets were also moral instructors who examined and celebrated the values they shared with their audiences. The book also takes into account the close relationship between Persian and Arabic court poetry. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Domenico Ingenito
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 717 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004435902

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Beholding Beauty by Domenico Ingenito Pdf

In Beholding Beauty: Saʿdi of Shiraz and the Aesthetics of Desire in Medieval Persian Poetry, Domenico Ingenito explores the unstudied connections between eroticism, spirituality, and politics in the lyric poetry of 13th-century literary master Sa‘di Shirazi.

Author : Dick Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Epigrams, Persian
ISBN : 0934211523

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Borrowed Ware by Dick Davis Pdf

Dick Davis's verse translations of short poems by numerous Persian poets, including Rumi and Hafez.

Author : Firdawsī
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 936 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0670034851

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Shahnameh by Firdawsī Pdf

A new translation of the late-tenth-century Persian epic follows its story of pre-Islamic Iran's mythic time of Creation through the seventh-century Arab invasion, tracing ancient Persia's incorporation into an expanding Islamic empire. 15,000 first printing.

Author : Julie Meisami
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135790103

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Structure and Meaning in Medieval Arabic and Persian Lyric Poetry by Julie Meisami Pdf

This is the first comprehensive and comparative study of compositional and stylistic techniques in medieval Arabic and Persian lyric poetry. Ranging over some seven countries, it deals with works by over thirty poets in the Islamic world from Spain to present-day Afghanistan, and examines how this rich poetic traditions exhibits both continuity and development in the use of a wide variety of compositional strategies. Discussing such topics as principles of structural organisation, the use of rhetorical figures, metaphor and images, and providing detailed analyses of a large number of poetic texts, it shows how structural and semantic features interacted to bring coherence and meaning to the individual poem. It also examines works by the indigenous critics of poetry in both Arabic and Persian, and demonstrates the critics' awareness of, and interest in, the techniques which poets employed to construct poems which were both eloquent and meaningful. Comparisons are also made with classical and medieval poetics in the west. The book will be of interest not merely to specialists in the relevant fields, but also to all those interested in pre-modern poetry and poetics.

Author : J. T. P. de Bruijn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136780493

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Persian Sufi Poetry by J. T. P. de Bruijn Pdf

Focuses on the poems rather than on their authors. Surveys the development of Persian mystical poetry, dealing first with the relation between Sufism and literature and then with the four main genres of the tradition: the epigram, the homiletic poem, love poetry and symbolic narrative.

Author : Anna Livia Fermina Alexandra Beelaert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015051817859

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A Cure for the Grieving by Anna Livia Fermina Alexandra Beelaert Pdf

Author : Nezami Ganjavi
Publisher : Mage Publishers
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-16
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781949445749

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Khosrow and Shirin by Nezami Ganjavi Pdf

Khosrow and Shirin is a love story by Nezami Ganjavi--considered the greatest medieval Persian romance poet--based on historical characters of the seventh-century Iranian court. Written 850 years ago, the narrative poem is presented here for the first time in a stunning modern-verse English translation by Dick Davis, the pre-eminent translator of Persian poetry. The love between an Iranian prince (Khosrow) and an Armenian princess (Shirin) is at the center of this tumultuous tale in which the exigencies of politics and warfare intertwine with no less powerful forces of erotic desire and the quest for personal and spiritual fulfilment. Nezami vividly dramatizes the clash between heroism and sensuality as they are pitted against the desire for the amenities of order and humane civilization. These marvelously presented discordant themes result in a complex love story based on conflicting concepts of love, one regarding the beloved as a prize to be conquered and possessed, the other unrequited and all-consuming, relishing the very notion of the annihilation of the self through love. Davis has captured the energy and poetry of Nezami's original in a delightful, contemporary idiom, and given us a story to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its luminous lyrical mastery. Davis's superb introduction and textual commentary provide insightful background information for the general reader and scholar alike, intensifying the strength of Davis's translation. Khosrow and Shirin will enchant both the classicist and the general reader, to captivate a new audience for Nezami's masterpiece.

Author : Rabe`eh Balkhi
Publisher : Mage Publishers
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-09
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781949445602

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The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women by Rabe`eh Balkhi Pdf

One of the very first Persian poets was a woman (Rabe’eh, who lived over a thousand years ago) and there have been women poets writing in Persian in virtually every generation since that time until the present. Before the twentieth century they tended to come from society’s social extremes. Many were princesses, a good number were hired entertainers of one kind or another, and they were active in many different countries – Iran of course, but also India, Afghanistan, and areas of central Asia that are now Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. Not surprisingly, a lot of their poetry sounds like that of their male counterparts, but a lot doesn’t; there are distinctively bawdy and flirtatious poems by medieval women poets, poems from virtually every era in which the poet complains about her husband (sometimes light-heartedly, sometimes with poignant seriousness), touching poems on the death of a child, and many epigrams centered on little details that bring a life from hundreds of years ago vividly before our eyes. This new bilingual edition of The Mirror of My Heart – the poems in Persian and English on facing pages – is a unique and captivating collection introduced and translated by Dick Davis, an acclaimed scholar and translator of Persian literature as well as a gifted poet in his own right. In his introduction he provides fascinating background detail on Persian poetry written by women through the ages, including common themes and motifs and a brief overview of Iranian history showing how women poets have been affected by the changing dynasties. From Rabe’eh in the tenth century to Fatemeh Ekhtesari in the twenty-first, each of the eighty-four poets in this volume is introduced in a short biographical note, while explanatory notes give further insight into the poems themselves.

Author : Sunil Sharma
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Persian poetry
ISBN : 8178240092

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Persian Poetry at the Indian Frontier by Sunil Sharma Pdf

One Of The Earliest Persian Poets In India, Masud Sad Remains An Important And Influential Poet Across India, Pakistan And Iran. In This First Substantial Critical Study Of The Poets Life And Works, The Author Weaves A Rich Tapestry That Includes Literary Anecdotes, History And Poetry.

Author : Christine van Ruymbeke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521873642

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Science and Poetry in Medieval Persia by Christine van Ruymbeke Pdf

A study of nature imagery in the work of the seminal Persian poet, Nizami Ganjavi.

Author : Mohammad Hafez-e Shirazi,Jahan Malek Khatun,Obayd-e Zakani
Publisher : Mage Publishers
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-09
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781949445596

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Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz by Mohammad Hafez-e Shirazi,Jahan Malek Khatun,Obayd-e Zakani Pdf

Author : Fatemeh Shams
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198858829

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A Revolution in Rhyme by Fatemeh Shams Pdf

A Revolution in Rhyme: Poetic Co-option under the Islamic Republic tells the story of the lives and works of Iranian poets whose personal and literary career were shaped by the Iranian revolution in 1979. By drawing on similar examples, such as Soviet Russia, the book tries to tackle some key questions: how did these poets come to be known in the literary scene? What did they write about, and what were their ideas, styles, and literary techniques? And, last but not least, what kind of relationship have they established with the ruling power on the course of the past four decades? In a detailed study, Shams tackles the life and work of ten Iranian poets whose personal and literary lives transformed and were transformed by the 1979 Revolution and the rise of the Islamic Republic, shedding light on ways in which the current ruling state in Iran uses literature and particularly poetry as a tool for ideological dissemination.

Author : Kamran Talattof
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 801 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351341738

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Routledge Handbook of Ancient, Classical and Late Classical Persian Literature by Kamran Talattof Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Ancient, Classical, and Late Classical Persian Literature contains scholarly essays and sample texts related to Persian literature from 650 BCE through the 16th century CE. It includes analyses of some seminal ancient texts and the works of numerous authors of the classical period. The chapters apply a disciplinary or interdisciplinary approach to the many movements, genres, and works of the long and evolving body of Persian literature produced in the Persianate World. These collections of scholarly essays and samples of Persian literary texts provide facts (general information), instructions (ways to understand, analyze, and appreciate this body of works), and the field’s state-of-the-art research (the problematics of the topics) regarding one of the most important and oldest literary traditions in the world. Thus, the Handbook’s chapters and related texts provide scholars, students, and admirers of Persian poetry and prose with practical and direct access to the intricacies of the Persian literary world through a chronological account of key moments in the formation of this enduring literary tradition. The related Handbook (also edited by Kamran Talattof ), Routledge Handbook of Post Classical and Contemporary Persian Literature, covers Persian literary works from the 17th century to the present.

Author : Nathan Haskell Dole,Belle Maud Walker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006-12
Category : History
ISBN : 8129201593

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The Persian Poets by Nathan Haskell Dole,Belle Maud Walker Pdf

The Middle Ages saw an extraordinary flowering of Persian poetry. Though translations began appearing in Europe in the nineteenth century, these remarkable poets - Omar Khayyam, Rumi, Saadi, Sanai, Attar, Hafiz, and Jami - are still being discovered in the West. The great medieval Persian poets owe much to the mystical Sufi tradition within Islam, which understands life as a journey in search of enlightenment, and, like their European contemporaries, they combine religious and secular themes. While celebrating the beauty of the world in poems about love, wine, and poetry itself, or telling humorous anecdotes of everyday life, they use these subjects to symbolize deeper concerns with wisdom, mortality, salvation, and the quest for God. This book has been a classic reference source for long time and its reprint shall be welcomed by the readers.