Structure and Meaning in Medieval Arabic and Persian Lyric Poetry - Orient Pearls

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung This is the first comprehensive and comparative study of compositional and stylistic techniques in medieval Arabic and Persian lyric poetry. It also examines works by the indigenous critics of poetry in both Arabic and Persian. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Julie Meisami, Julie Scott Meisami, Meisami Julie, MEISAMI JULIE SCOTT
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.02.2011
• EAN: 9780415616430
• ISBN: 978-0-415-61643-0
• No. of pages: 524
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Culture and Civilization in th; Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Arabisch, Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Persisch, Farsi, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, Middle East, Regional Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Regional / International studies, Literature: history and criticism