03180nam 2200649 a 450 991081911440332120200520144314.01-281-93965-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(Au-PeEL)EBL468459(CaPaEBR)ebr10363852(CaONFJC)MIL193965(PPN)170426459(EXLCZ)99100000000055273420070921d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRumi and the hermeneutics of eroticism /by Mahdi Tourage1st ed.Leiden ;Boston Brill20071 online resource (274 pages) illustrationsIran 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 Mathnawi 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 Mathnawi'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 literatureSex in literature.Eroticism in literature.891/.5511Tourage Mahdi1629628MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819114403321Rūmī and the hermeneutics of eroticism3967478UNINA