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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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"Gould draws on history and political theory alongside comparative poetics to offer a brilliant new way of reading classical Persian poetry as a mode of political critique. This first-ever study of Persian prison poetry in English opens new frontiers within Persian studies through its lucid translations and refreshingly insightful analysis. The Persian Prison Poem will change how the prison poem genre is read - indeed, how genre in general is read - within Persian and world literature." -Muzaffar Alam, Professor of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago

The Persian Prison Poem

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/08/2023
      ISBN13: 9781474484022, 978-1474484022
      ISBN10: 1474484026
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      Literary studies: ancient, classical Literary studies: general Literary studies: poetry and poets

      Description

      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.

      Trade Review
      "Gould draws on history and political theory alongside comparative poetics to offer a brilliant new way of reading classical Persian poetry as a mode of political critique. This first-ever study of Persian prison poetry in English opens new frontiers within Persian studies through its lucid translations and refreshingly insightful analysis. The Persian Prison Poem will change how the prison poem genre is read - indeed, how genre in general is read - within Persian and world literature." -Muzaffar Alam, Professor of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago

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