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Medieval Persian court poetry

Julie Scott Meisami c1987 © Princeton University Press
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  • 9780691631400 (hardcover)
  • 9781400858781 (ebook)
  • 9780691601779 (paper)
Subject
  • Middle Eastern: 632-1918
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  • Frontmatter
  • List of Illustrations (page vi)
  • Preface (page vii)
  • I. Poet and Court in Persia (page 3)
  • II. The Poetry of Praise: The Qasidah and Its Uses (page 40)
  • III. Romance: The Language of Experience (page 77)
  • IV. Romance: Character as Moral Emblem (page 131)
  • V. Romance as Mirror: Allegories of Kingship and Justice (page 180)
  • VI. Ghazal: The Ideals of Love (page 237)
  • VII. Conclusion: The Art of the Court Poet (page 299)
  • Bibliography (page 319)
  • Index (page 341)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
CL 41.3 (Summer 1989): 289-291 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1771116
IraS 23.1/4 (1990): 116-123 http://www.jstor.org/stable/4310735
JAOS 110.1 (Jan.-Mar. 1990): 141-142 http://www.jstor.org/stable/603944
PAR 8.1 (June 1990): 163-164 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/parergon/summary/v008/8.1.rizvi.html
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