The Persian Prison Poem

Sovereignty and the Political Imagination

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Gebonden, 312 blz. | EN
Edinburgh University Press | e druk, 2021
ISBN13: 9781474484015
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Edinburgh University Press e druk, 2021 9781474484015
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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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ISBN13:9781474484015
Taal:EN
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:312
€ 139,83
Levertijd ongeveer 7 werkdagen

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