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Analyzes poetry ranging from the pre-Islamic ode of the sixth century to seventeenth-century Persian Safavid Moghul verse. This book considers issues, such as the ritual and sacrificial aspects of literature, the transition from orality to literacy, the iconographical and mythic dimensions of philology, and imitation as a form of creation.

Reorientations Arabic and Persian Poetry

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/03/1994
      ISBN13: 9780253354938, 978-0253354938
      ISBN10: 0253354935
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      Book Synopsis
      Analyzes poetry ranging from the pre-Islamic ode of the sixth century to seventeenth-century Persian Safavid Moghul verse. This book considers issues, such as the ritual and sacrificial aspects of literature, the transition from orality to literacy, the iconographical and mythic dimensions of philology, and imitation as a form of creation.

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