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Courtly riddles : enigmatic embellishments in early Persian poetry / A.A. Seyed-Gohrab.
Van Pelt Library PK6412.R53 S49 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seyed-Gohrab, A. A. (Ali Asghar), 1968-
- Series:
- Iranian studies series (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 3.
- Iranian studies series ; 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Riddles in literature.
- Persian literature--747-1500--History and criticism.
- Persian literature.
- Physical Description:
- 256 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Rozenberg Publishers ; West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- This book is the first study of Persian literary riddles to appear in English. It translates and analyses a wide range of complex riddling poems from the tenth to the twelfth centuries, including the masters of the genre. It also analyses the relationship between metaphors and riddles and the genre of literary description.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-243) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781557534675
- 1557534675
- OCLC:
- 154674792
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