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

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Julie Meisami, Meisami Julie
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.10.2002
• EAN: 9780700715756
• ISBN: 978-0-7007-1575-6
• No. of pages: 522
• Weight: 1130 g
• Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, Middle East, Regional Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Regional / International studies, Literature: history and criticism