Courtly riddles : enigmatic embellishments in early Persian poetry /

This book is the first study of Persian literary riddles to appear in English, analysing a wide range of complex riddling poems systematically from the tenth to the twelfth century. In addition to the genre of riddles, the book examines the relationship between metaphors and riddles and the genre of...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Seyed-Gohrab, A. A. (Ali Asghar), 1968- (Author)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: [Leiden, The Netherlands] : Leiden University Press [2010]
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] 2016.
Colecção:Iranian studies series (Leiden, Netherlands)
Acesso em linha:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv36mk8n9
Sumário:
  • The eloquent mute
  • Inimitable simplicity
  • "Words covered in veils"
  • "A nightingale without feathers" : riddlers of the late Ghaznavid and early Seljuq periods
  • The virtues of the king : riddles in Mukhtaerñ's Hunar-naema
  • Conclusion.