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A Two-Colored Brocade The Imagery of Persian Poetry

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Two-Colored Brocade: The Imagery of Persian Poetry

Title A Two-Colored Brocade The Imagery of Persian Poetry / Annemarie Schimmel.
Publisher Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press
Manufacture Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE
Creation Date 1992
Notes Enlarged translation of: Stern und Blume.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-489) and indexes.
English
Content Cover
Contents
Preface
Chronological Survey of Poets Mentioned in This Book
A Note on Transliteration
Introduction
Part 1 Formal Requirements of Persian Poetry
1 Meter and Genres
2 Rhetorical Rules
Part 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
Part 3 The Book of Nature
11 Stones
12 The Garden of Delight
13 The Language of the Birds
14 Fantastic Beasts and Other Creatures15 The Sky, the Wind, and the Sea
Part 4 Themes from Life and Letters
16 A Two-Colored Brocade
17 The Art of Calligraphy
18 From the Scholars 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
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Koranic Quotations
Index of Authors and Works
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
S
T
U
V
W
Y
Z
Index of Technical Terms and Concepts
LM
Q
R
General Index
Extent 1 online resource (559 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©1992.
National Library system number 997010713253405171
MARC RECORDS
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