Structure and meaning in medieval Arabic and Persian poetry : Orient pearls /
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Author / Creator: | Meisami, Julie Scott, 1937- |
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Imprint: | London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 507 pages) |
Language: | English |
Series: | Culture and civilisation in the Middle East Culture and civilisation in the Middle East. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11299176 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Invention
- 3. Disposition : the parts of the poem
- 4. Disposition : larger structures
- 5. Disposition : the Qaṣīda and its adaptations
- 6. Disposition : varieties of structure
- 7. Ornamentation
- 8. Ornament : metaphor and imagery
- 9. Conclusion : the coherence of the poem.