Nezami Ganjavi and classical Persian literature : demystifying the mystic / / Kamran Talattof

• Autore: Talattof Kamran
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (291 pages)
• Disciplina: 859.9
• Soggetto topico: Persian literature
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Nezami Ganjavi and Classical Persian Literature -- Nezami's Secularism -- Chapter 2: Nezami, the Persian Wordsmith: Sakhon in Classical Persian Poetry -- Sakhon in Rumi's Work13 -- Sakhon in Sa'di's Poetry20 -- Sakhon in Hafez's Poetry35 -- Sakhon in Nezami's Work -- Various Subjects and These as Sakhon's Ingredients -- Health and Medicine -- Peace and Justice -- Ways of Conduct -- Kings and Rulers -- Homeland -- Chapter 3: Women and Love in the Works of Nezami, Ferdowsi, and Jami -- Stretching Mystic Interpretation -- More Carnal Love Stories -- Love or Illusion, Rhyme or Religion: Is the History of Classical Persian Literature Linear? -- Chapter 4: Faith, Facts, and Fantasy: Stories of Ascension and Nezamian Allegory -- The Sources of Me'raj -- Views on the Nezami's Story of Ascension -- The Stories of Me'raj in Nezami's Panj Ganj -- The Story in Makhzan al-Asrar -- The Story in Haft Paykar -- The Third Section -- A Look at the Story of Ascension in the Works of Sanai and Khaqani -- Astronomy: The Solar Calendar, Change of Season, Nature -- Chapter 5: Wine and Identity in the Works of Nezami and Rudaki -- Nezami's Portrayal of Wine -- Rudaki's Portrayal of Wine44 -- The Anatomy of an Allegory -- The Poem's Performative and Rhetorical Aspects -- Wine, Poetry, and the Samanid Rebirth -- Chapter 6: Nezamian Pictorial Allegory in Layli o Majnun -- Nezami's Layli o Majnun and His Imitators' Work -- Chapter 7: In Search of Religion and Dantean Moments in "The Story of Mahan" -- The Relevance of Allegory -- Allegory of Ascension -- A Literary Reading of a Literary Work: The Story of Mahan -- It Is More Than That: The Fabric of a Fantasy -- Islam, Mysticism, and Zoroastrianism for Nezami -- Chapter 8: Sublime Métier: Nezami's Literary Techniques and His Pictorial Allegory. ; The Anatomy of Nezamian Pictorial Allegory -- Theme and Subject, Not Belief and Subjectivity -- Self-Representation -- Discursive Field: The Poet and His Poems -- Literary Production, Literariness of Work, and Creativity -- Métier and Ethics -- Nezami's Métier and His Readers -- More on Nezami's Literary Discourse and Devices -- A Few Final Thoughts -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Nezami Ganjavi and Classical Persian Literature
• ISBN: 9783030979904; 9783030979898
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910616378303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World