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Hafiz and the Religion of Love in Classical Persian Poetry
Leonard Lewisohn
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Paperback. Editor(s): Lewisohn, Leonard. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 2BXF; 3H; DSBB; DSC; HRHX; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 490.
I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation After six hundred years, the Persian lyrical poet Hafiz (d. 1389) still remains the most popular poet in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and other parts of Central Asia where Persian is spoken today as the mother tongue. Imitated by the likes of Goethe in Germany, venerated by Tennyson in England and Emerson in the United States during the nineteenth century, he continues to attract attention and inspire admirers worldwide. Hafiz’s masterful use of the rhetorical arts, his poetic devices and his skill in imagery are acclaimed as the benchmark of lyrical excellence ... Read more
I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation After six hundred years, the Persian lyrical poet Hafiz (d. 1389) still remains the most popular poet in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and other parts of Central Asia where Persian is spoken today as the mother tongue. Imitated by the likes of Goethe in Germany, venerated by Tennyson in England and Emerson in the United States during the nineteenth century, he continues to attract attention and inspire admirers worldwide. Hafiz’s masterful use of the rhetorical arts, his poetic devices and his skill in imagery are acclaimed as the benchmark of lyrical excellence ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784532123
SKU
V9781784532123
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About Leonard Lewisohn
Leonard Lewisohn is Lecturer in Persian and Sufi Literature at Exeter University. His previous books include The Art of Spiritual Flight: Farid al-Din 'Attar and the Persian Sufi Tradition (I.B.Tauris, 2006, edited with Christopher Shackle) and The Heritage of Sufism, vols 1-3 (1999).
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