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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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Hardback by Rebecca Ruth Gould

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Through a series of insightful and sophisticated readings, this book reveals the worldliness of premodern Persian poetry. It traces the... Read more

    Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
    Publication Date: 08/12/2021
    ISBN13: 9781474484015, 978-1474484015
    ISBN10: 1474484018

    Number of Pages: 312

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

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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.

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