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Through a series of insightful and sophisticated readings, this book reveals the worldliness of premodern Persian poetry. It traces the political role of poetry in shaping the prison poem genre (habsiyyat) across 12th-century Central, South and West Asia., offering an unprecedented account of prison poetry before modernity.

The Persian Prison Poem

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/12/2021
      ISBN13: 9781474484015, 978-1474484015
      ISBN10: 1474484018
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: ancient, classical

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      Book Synopsis
      Through a series of insightful and sophisticated readings, this book reveals the worldliness of premodern Persian poetry. It traces the political role of poetry in shaping the prison poem genre (habsiyyat) across 12th-century Central, South and West Asia., offering an unprecedented account of prison poetry before modernity.

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