A two-colored brocade : the imagery of Persian poetry / Annemarie Schimmel
1992, First Edition. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #447928
ISBN: 0807820504
Physical description; xxi, 532 pages. Notes; Enlarged translation of: Stern und Blume. Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-489) and indexes. Contents; Chronological Survey of Poets Mentioned in This Book -- pt. 1. Formal Requirements of Persian Poetry. 1. Meter and Genres. 2. Rhetorical Rules -- pt. 2. Themes from History, Literature, and Legend. 3. Koranic Themes. 4. The Pillars of Islam and Related Concepts. 5. Themes from Early Islamic Times. 6. Themes from Pre-Islamic Times. 7. Themes from Islamic History. 8. Ideal Loving Couples. 9. Turk and Hindu. 10. Poetical Geography -- pt. 3. The Book of Nature. 11. Stones. 12. The Garden of Delight. 13. The Language of the Birds. 14. Fantastic Beasts and Other Creatures. 15. The Sky, the Wind, and the Sea -- pt. 4. Themes from Life and Letters. 16. A Two-Colored Brocade. 17. The Art of Calligraphy. 18. From the Scholar's Bookshelf. 19. Playing with Numbers. 20. Colorful Things from the World around Us. 21. Entertainment, Music, and Festivities. 22. Courtly Games and Pastimes. 23. Dreams, Reality, and Bells. Subjects; Persian poetry History and criticism. LITERARY CRITICISM Poetry. Persian poetry.
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