1st Edition
Structure and Meaning in Medieval Arabic and Persian Lyric Poetry Orient Pearls
By Julie Meisami
Copyright 2003
524 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
528 Pages
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Routledge
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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... Read more
1 Introduction 2 Invention 3 Disposition: The parts of the poem 4 Disposition: Larger structures 5 Disposition: The Qas?6 Disposition: Varieties of structure 7 Ornamentation 8 Ornament: Metaphor and imagery 9 Conclusion: The coherence of the poem
Biography
Julie Scott Meisami, until recently Lecturer in Persian at the Oriental Institute, Oxford University, has published extensively on Arabic and Persian poetry and is the editor of Edebiyat: The Journal for Middle Eastern Literatures.
