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Reorientations / Arabic and Persian Poetry Suzanne Pickney Stetkevych
Reorientations / Arabic and Persian Poetry
Suzanne Pickney Stetkevych
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.
304 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 22, 1994 |
| ISBN13 | 9780253354938 |
| Publishers | Indiana University Press |
| Genre | Cultural Region > Middle East |
| Pages | 284 |
| Dimensions | 241 × 164 × 22 mm · 657 g |
| Editor | Stetkevych, Suzanne Pinckney |