03171nam 2200649 a 450 991045360120332120200520144314.01-281-93965-X978661193965690-474-2273-210.1163/ej.9789004163539.i-260(CKB)1000000000552734(EBL)468459(OCoLC)311317661(SSID)ssj0000239995(PQKBManifestationID)11195277(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000239995(PQKBWorkID)10251412(PQKB)10773923(MiAaPQ)EBC468459(OCoLC)173299113(OCoLC)166382511(OCoLC)174132137(nllekb)BRILL9789047422730(PPN)170426459(Au-PeEL)EBL468459(CaPaEBR)ebr10363852(CaONFJC)MIL193965(EXLCZ)99100000000055273420070921d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRūmī and the hermeneutics of eroticism[electronic resource] /by Mahdi TourageLeiden ;Boston Brill20071 online resource (274 p.)Iran studies,1569-7401 ;v. 2Description based upon print version of record.90-04-16353-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-242) and index.The Bawdy tales of the Mathnawī in the context of Persian mystical poetry -- The nexus between esotericism and eroticism -- Phallocentric esotericism in the tale of the slave girl who satisfied her sexual urges with her mistress's donkey -- The phallus and the subject -- The hermeneutics of eroticism -- Visions of esoteric secrets in two miniature paintings of the Mathnawī's Bawdy tales.This is the first systematic examination of the esoteric significance of the bawdy tales and explicit sexual passages present in Rūmī’s (d. 1273) Mathnawī , a masterpiece of medieval Perso-Islamic mystical literature and theosophic teachings. Using the relevant features of postmodern theories as strategic conceptual tools, and drawing on the recent interpretations of medieval kabbalistic texts, it is a fascinating examination of the link between the dynamics of eroticism and esotericism operative in Rūmī’s Mathnawī . In some of these bawdy tales, the phallus is used as an esoteric symbol. The book concludes that these tales are used primarily to communicate esoteric secrets, particularly when this communication is contemplated along gender lines, mediated through erotic imagery, or expressed in sexual terms.Iran studies ;v. 2.Sex in literatureEroticism in literatureElectronic books.Sex in literature.Eroticism in literature.891/.5511Tourage Mahdi957662MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453601203321Rūmī and the hermeneutics of eroticism2169125UNINA