TY  - BOOK
AU  - Meisami,Julie Scott
TI  - Structure and meaning in medieval Arabic and Persian poetry: Orient pearls 
T2  - Culture and civilisation in the Middle East
SN  - 0203220552
AV  - PJ7553 .M45 2003eb
U1  - 891.551109 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - RoutledgeCurzon
KW  - Arabic poetry
KW  - 750-1258
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Persian poetry
KW  - 747-1500
KW  - 18.72 classical Arabic language and literature
KW  - bcl
KW  - 18.66 Iranian languages
KW  - TRAVEL
KW  - Special Interest
KW  - Literary
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Dichtkunst
KW  - gtt
KW  - Lyriek
KW  - Arabisch
KW  - Perzisch
KW  - Poésie arabe
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - Poésie persane
KW  - Poesía persia
KW  - Historia
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction -- 2. Invention -- 3. Disposition : the parts of the poem -- 4. Disposition : larger structures -- 5. Disposition : the Qaṣīda and its adaptations -- 6. Disposition : varieties of structure -- 7. Ornamentation -- 8. Ornament : metaphor and imagery -- 9. Conclusion : the coherence of the poem
N2  - 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
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