The Persian Presence In Victorian Poetry

Author : Reza Taher-Kermani
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-18
Category : LITERARY CRITICISM
ISBN : 9781474448185

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Persian Presence in Victorian Poetry by Reza Taher-Kermani Pdf

A study of the wealth of meanings that 'Persia' - real or imagined - held for Victorian poetryTakes a broad, interdisciplinary approach to a significant strand in the 'Oriental' texture of Victorian poetry Contributes to a growing body of research on the process of cultural exchange between the West and the 'Orient' Provides the first systematic index of nineteenth-century 'Persianised' poemsOffers a distinctive mix of history and literature, dealing with an array of texts, ranging from ancient Greece to nineteenth-century British travel writings The Persian Presence in Victorian Poetry surveys the variety of ways in which Persia, and the multitude of ideological, historical, cultural and political notions that it embodied, were received, circulated and appropriated. Providing the first systematic index of nineteenth-century poems that were in any way involved with Persia, the book explores its presence across a broad range of works incorporating literary, historical and cultural material.

Author : Reza Taher-Kermani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : LITERARY CRITICISM
ISBN : 1474484867

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The Persian Presence in Victorian Poetry by Reza Taher-Kermani Pdf

The Persian Presence in Victorian Poetry surveys the variety of ways in which Persia, and the multitude of ideological, historical, cultural and political notions that it embodied, were received, circulated and appropriated.

Author : Linda K. Hughes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521856249

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The Cambridge Introduction to Victorian Poetry by Linda K. Hughes Pdf

An overview of British poetry from 1830 to 1901, with a glossary of literary terms and guide to further reading.

Author : Matthew Arnold
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : English poetry
ISBN : UOM:39015030948718

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Sohrab and Rustum by Matthew Arnold Pdf

Author : Annemarie Schimmel
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781469616377

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A Two-Colored Brocade by Annemarie Schimmel Pdf

Annemarie Schimmel, one of the world's foremost authorities on Persian literature, provides a comprehensive introduction to the complicated and highly sophisticated system of rhetoric and imagery used by the poets of Iran, Ottoman Turkey, and Muslim India. She shows that these images have been used and refined over the centuries and reflect the changing conditions in the Muslim world. According to Schimmel, Persian poetry does not aim to be spontaneous in spirit or highly personal in form. Instead it is rooted in conventions and rules of prosody, rhymes, and verbal instrumentation. Ideally, every verse should be like a precious stone--perfectly formed and multifaceted--and convey the dynamic relationship between everyday reality and the transcendental. Persian poetry, Schimmel explains, is more similar to medieval European verse than Western poetry as it has been written since the Romantic period. The characteristic verse form is the ghazal--a set of rhyming couplets--which serves as a vehicle for shrouding in conventional tropes the poet's real intentions. Because Persian poetry is neither narrative nor dramatic in its overall form, its strength lies in an "architectonic" design; each precisely expressed image is carefully fitted into a pattern of linked figures of speech. Schimmel shows that at its heart Persian poetry transforms the world into a web of symbols embedded in Islamic culture.

Author : Kirstie Blair
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191534386

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Victorian Poetry and the Culture of the Heart by Kirstie Blair Pdf

Victorian Poetry and the Culture of the Heart is a significant and timely study of nineteenth-century poetry and poetics. It considers why and how the heart became a vital image in Victorian poetry, and argues that the intense focus on heart imagery in many major Victorian poems highlights anxieties in this period about the ability of poetry to act upon its readers. In the course of the nineteenth century, this study argues, increased doubt about the validity of feeling led to the depiction of the literary heart as alienated, distant, outside the control of mind and will. This coincided with a notable rise in medical literature specifically concerned with the pathological heart, and with the development of new techniques and instruments of investigation such as the stethoscope. As poets feared for the health of their own hearts, their poetry embodies concerns about a widespread culture of heartsickness in both form and content. In addition, concerns about the heart's status and actions reflect upon questions of religious faith and doubt, and feed into issues of gender and nationalism. This book argues that it is vital to understand how this wider culture of the heart informed poetry and was in turn influenced by poetic constructs. Individual chapters on Barrett Browning, Arnold, and Tennyson explore the vital presence of the heart in major works by these poets - including Aurora Leigh, 'Empedocles on Etna', In Memoriam, and Maud - while the wide-ranging opening chapters present an argument for the mutual influence of poetry and physiology in the period and trace the development of new theories of rhythm as organic and affective.

Author : G. K. Chesterton
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-26
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1015560954

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The Victorian Age in Literature by G. K. Chesterton Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Thomas O'Flynn
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1141 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004313545

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The Western Christian Presence in the Russias and Qājār Persia, c.1760–c.1870 by Thomas O'Flynn Pdf

Winner of The 2018 Saidi-Sirjani Book Award The Western Christian Presence in the Russias and Qājār Persia, c.1760–c.1870 recalls two long neglected European and North American missionary ventures in the Caucasus and Imperial Persia. It investigates the activities of Protestant and Catholic missionaries and provides valuable insights on the social and political backdrop of their experiences.

Author : Matthew Bevis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 913 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199576463

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The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Poetry by Matthew Bevis Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Poetry offers an authorative collection of original essays and is an essential resource for those interested in Victorian poetry and poetics.

Author : Maire ni Fhlathuin
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781474407762

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British India and Victorian Literary Culture by Maire ni Fhlathuin Pdf

British India and Victorian Culture extends current scholarship on the Victorian period with a wide-ranging and innovative analysis of the literature of British India.

Author : Robert Frost
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781641706063

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Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost Pdf

The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. From the illustrator of the world’s first picture book adaptation of Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” comes a new interpretation of another classic Frost poem: “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening.” Weaving a simple story of love, loss, and memories with only illustrations and Frost’s iconic lines, this stirring picture book introduces young readers to timeless poetry in an unprecedented way.

Author : Domenico Ingenito
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 717 pages
File Size : 44,5 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 : Deaglan O Donghaile
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780748645459

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Blasted Literature by Deaglan O Donghaile Pdf

Dynamite novels meet highbrow modernism via the impact of terrorism. Between 1880 and 1915, a range of writers exploited terrorism's political shocks for their own artistic ends. Drawing on late-Victorian 'dynamite novels' by authors including Robert Louis Stevenson, Tom Greer and Robert Thynne, radical journals and papers, such as The Irish People, The Torch, Anarchy and Freiheit, and modernist writing from H.G. Wells and Joseph Conrad to the compulsively militant modernism of Wyndham Lewis and the Vorticists, O Donghaile maps the political and aesthetic connections that bind the shilling shocker closely to modernism.

Author : Marzieh Gail
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136841484

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Persia and the Victorians (RLE Iran A) by Marzieh Gail Pdf

The impact of Persian life and literature upon Victorian England was tremendous. It found its public demonstration in the visit of the Shah, but the number of men of letters who turned to the Persian classics for inspiration were as numerous as they were great: William Jones, Charles Murray, Edward Browne, George Borrow, Richard Burton, Edward Palmer and, of course, Fitzgerald, translator of the Rubaiyat.

Author : John D. Yohannan
Publisher : Academic Resources Corp
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UOM:39015005731479

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Persian Poetry in England and America by John D. Yohannan Pdf

Comprehensive treatment of the influence of Persian poetry upon English & American literature. Contains a definitive bibliography.