Structure And Meaning In Medieval Arabic And Persian Lyric Poetry: Orient Pearls (culture And Civilization In The Middle East)
by Julie Meisami /
2011 / English / PDF
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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 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.
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.
