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Author : Niẓām al-Dīn ʻUbayd Zākānī
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Obeyd-e Zakani written by Niẓām al-Dīn ʻUbayd Zākānī and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Niẓām al-Dīn ʻUbayd Zākānī
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Obeyd-e Zakani written by Niẓām al-Dīn ʻUbayd Zākānī and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Obeyd-e Zakani, who died in 1372 is among the great poets of Iran but little known in the West. This selection of his work is the first to be translated into English. Obeyd was a remarkable satirist and social critic who looked upon his world of extravagant indulgence and corruption with the censorious eyes of a Juvenal, and portrayed it with the cynicism and wit of a Voltaire, and the hilarious grotesqueness of a Rabelais. He used scathing stories and sardonic maxims to paint a world full of deceit, greed, lust, sycophancy, and perversion, where old values and virtues were scorned and extremes of wealth and poverty, violence and bloodshed were the order of the day.
Author : Obeyd Zakani
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781500677831
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (778 download)
Download or read book The Book of Obeyd Zakani written by Obeyd Zakani and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-03 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BOOK OF OBEYD ZAKANI Poetry, Prose, Satire, Jokes and Ribaldry. Translation and Introduction by Paul Smith Obeyd Zakani is an important a figure in Persian and Sufi literature and poetry. His satire, humorous stories, ribald and obscene poems, social commentary, mystical ghazals, prose, ruba'is, qit'as and his famous epic qasida 'Cat & Mouse' are popular today and are more relevant than ever. He is considered to be one of the world's greatest satirist and social-commentator whose life and mystical poems had a great influence on his student and friend Hafiz and many others. This is the largest selection of his works available in English. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these sometimes rude, funny and mystical poems and prose. Illustrated. 7" x 10" large edition 357 pages. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'. "It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. "Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of many mystical works in English into Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart. "I was very impressed with the beauty of these books." Dr. R.K. Barz. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. "Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz." Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author of poems inspired by Hafiz). Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of over 150 books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Lalla Ded, Ghalib, Rahman Baba, Makhfi, Amir Khusrau, 'Iraqi, Iqbal, Ibn Farid, Abu Nuwas, Dara Shikoh and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays. www.newhumanitybooksbookheaven.com
Author : Ubayd Zakani
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781512182965
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (829 download)
Download or read book Ubayd Zakani - Poetry, Prose, Satire, Jokes, Ribaldry written by Ubayd Zakani and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UBAYD ZAKANI Poetry, Prose, Satire, Jokes, Ribaldry. Translation and Introduction Paul Smith Ubayd Zakani is an important a figure in Persian and Sufi literature and poetry. His satire, humorous stories, ribald and obscene poems, social commentary, mystical ghazals, prose, ruba'is, qit'as and his famous epic qasida 'Cat & Mouse' are popular today and are more relevant than ever. He is considered to be one of the world's greatest satirist and social-commentator whose life and mystical poems had a great influence on his student and friend Hafiz and many others. This is the largest selection of his works available in English. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these sometimes rude, funny and mystical poems and prose. Illustrated. 7" x 10" large edition 357 pages. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'. "It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. "Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of many mystical works in English into Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart. "I was very impressed with the beauty of these books." Dr. R.K. Barz. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. "Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz." Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author of poems inspired by Hafiz). Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of over 150 books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Ubayd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Lalla Ded, Ghalib, Rahman Baba, Makhfi, Amir Khusrau, 'Iraqi, Iqbal, Ibn Farid, Abu Nuwas, Dara Shikoh and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays. www.newhumanitybooks.com
Author : Obeyd Zakani
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781986424851
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (248 download)
Download or read book Divan of Obeyd Zakani written by Obeyd Zakani and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVAN OF OBEYD ZAKANI Translation and Introduction Paul Smith Obeyd Zakani (b. 1300) is an important a figure in Persian and Sufi literature and poetry. His satire, humorous stories, ribald and obscene poems, social commentary, mystical ghazals, prose, ruba'is, qit'as and his famous epic qasida 'Cat & Mouse' are popular today and are more relevant than ever. He is considered to be one of the world's greatest satirist and social-commentator whose life and mystical poems had a great influence on his student and friend Hafiz and many others. This is the largest selection of his works available in English. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these sometimes rude, funny and mystical poems and prose. There is a long Introduction on his Life, Times & Works. Selected Bibliography Illustrated. 7" x 10" Large Paperback Edition 357 pages. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'. "It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. "Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of many mystical works in English into Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart. "I was very impressed with the beauty of these books." Dr. R.K. Barz. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. "Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz." Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author of poems inspired by Hafiz). Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Lalla Ded, Ghalib, Rahman Baba, Makhfi, Amir Khusrau, 'Iraqi, Iqbal, Seemab, Jigar, Ibn 'Arabi, Ibn al-Farid, Abu Nuwas, Dara Shikoh and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays.
Author : Obeyd Zakani
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781480122369
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (223 download)
Download or read book Satirical Prose of Obeyd Zakani written by Obeyd Zakani and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-11-24 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SATIRICAL PROSE OF OBEYD ZAKANI Translation and Introduction by Paul SmithObeyd Zakani is an important a figure in Persian and Sufi literature and poetry. His satire, humorous stories, ribald and obscene poems, social commentary, mystical ghazals, prose, ruba'is and his famous epic qasida 'Mouse & Cat' are popular today and are more relevant than ever. He is considered to be one of the world's greatest satirist and social-commentator whose life and mystical poems had a great influence on his student and friend Hafiz and many others. Here are most of his hilarious and often obscene satirical prose works, mostly fully translated… Including his Definitions, Joyous Treatise, The Ethics of the Nobles, The Book of the Beard and A Hundred Maxims. Included is a long Introduction on his Life & Times in Shiraz and his relationship to Hafiz and the princess poet, Jahan Khatun. Selected Bibliography. 212 pages.COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'.“It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished. If he comes to Iran I will kiss the fingertips that wrote such a masterpiece inspired by the Creator of all and I will lay down my head at his feet out of respect.” Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran.“Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith.” Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of English into Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart. “Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz.” Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author). Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of over 80 books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages… including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre and many others, as well as poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays.
Author : Obeyd Zakani
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781074235628
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (356 download)
Download or read book Persia's Great Sufi Jester OBEYD ZAKANI Selected Poems & Satirical Prose (Large Print & Large Format Edition) written by Obeyd Zakani and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-05-02 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Persia's Great Sufi Jester OBEYD ZAKANI Selected Poems & Satirical Prose (Large Print & Large Format Edition) Translation and Introduction Paul Smith Obeyd Zakani (b. 1300) is an important a figure in Persian and Sufi literature and poetry. His satire, humorous stories, ribald and obscene poems, social commentary, mystical ghazals, prose, ruba'is, qit'as and his famous epic qasida 'Cat & Mouse' are popular today and are more relevant than ever. He is considered to be one of the world's greatest satirist and social-commentator whose life and mystical poems had a great influence on his student and friend Hafiz and many others. This is the largest selection of his works available in English. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these sometimes rude, funny and mystical poems and prose. Introduction... Life, Times & Works. Selected Bibliography. Large print (16pt) & Large Format (7" x 10") Edition 372 pages. Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Lalla Ded, Ghalib, Rahman Baba, Makhfi, Amir Khusrau, 'Iraqi, Iqbal, Seemab, Jigar, Ibn 'Arabi, Ibn al-Farid, Abu Nuwas, Dara Shikoh and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa
Author : Paul Sprachman
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ISBN 13 : 9781568592510
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (925 download)
Download or read book Licensed Fool written by Paul Sprachman and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Obeyd Zakani
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781976279775
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (797 download)
Download or read book Abu Nuwas and Obeyd Zakani - 'Controversial' Dervish/Sufi Poets written by Obeyd Zakani and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABU NUWAS & OBEYD ZAKANI 'CONTROVERSIAL' DERVISH/SUFI POETS Selected Poems & Prose Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Abu Nuwas (757-814) was the most famous and infamous poet who composed in Arabic of the Abbasid era. His style was extravagant and his compositions reflected the licentious manners of the upper classes of his day. As a youth he was sold into slavery; a wealthy benefactor later set him free. As a man he finally settled in Baghdad and was composing poetry. Because of his long hair, he acquired the name Abu Nuwas (Father of Ringlets). Gradually he attracted the attention of Harun al-Rashid and was given quarters at court. His ability as a poet no doubt was one reason for Abu Nuwas' success with the caliph, but after a while he became known as a reprobate and participated in less reputable pastimes with the ruler. He spent time in Egypt but soon returned to Baghdad to live out his remaining years. He is popular today, perhaps more so than he ever was, as a kind of comic anti-hero. His poems consist of qit'as (of which he was the first master) ghazals and qasidas. His poems could be classified into: praises, mockeries, jokes, complaints, love of men and women, wine, hunting, laments, asceticism. All forms are here in the true meaning & rhyme structure. Introduction: Life, Times & Poetry and forms both composed in and two appendixes of some stories about him in the Arabian Nights and elsewhere. Obeyd Zakani (1300-1371) is an important a figure in Persian and Sufi literature and poetry. His satire, humorous stories, ribald and obscene poems, social commentary, mystical ghazals, prose, ruba'is, qit'as and his famous epic qasida 'Cat & Mouse' are popular today and are more relevant than ever. He is considered to be one of the world's greatest satirist and social-commentator whose life and mystical poems had a great influence on his student and friend Hafiz and many others and he (like his predecessor Abu Nuwas is as controversial today as they ever were.This is the largest selection of his works available in English. The rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these sometimes rude, funny and mystical poems and prose. Introduction on his Life & Times & Writing. Appendix, Selected Bibliography, Many illustrations. Large Format Paperback 7" x 10" 571 pages.Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Omar Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Mahsati, Lalla Ded, Bulleh Shah, Shah Latif, Makhfi, Iqbal, Dara Shikoh, Ghalib and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. Published by New Humanity Books amazon.com/author/smithpa
Author : Niẓām al-Dīn ʻUbayd Zākānī
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Ethics of the Aristocrats and Other Satirical Works written by Niẓām al-Dīn ʻUbayd Zākānī and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Obeyd-e Zakani, who died in 1372 is among the great poets of Iran but little known in the West. This selection of his work is the first to be translated into English. Obeyd was a remarkable satirist and social critic who looked upon his world of extravagant indulgence and corruption with the censorious eyes of a Juvenal, and portrayed it with the cynicism and wit of a Voltaire, and the hilarious grotesqueness of a Rabelais. He used scathing stories and sardonic maxims to paint a world full of deceit, greed, lust, sycophancy, and perversion, where old values and virtues were scorned and extremes of wealth and poverty, violence and bloodshed were the order of the day." -- from publishers.
Author : Mohammad Hafez-e Shirazi
Publisher : Mage Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1949445593
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (494 download)
Download or read book Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz written by Mohammad Hafez-e Shirazi and published by Mage Publishers. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Obeyd-I-Zakani
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781557281012
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Gorby and the Rats written by Obeyd-I-Zakani and published by . This book was released on 1989-09-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fourteenth-century Persian political satire about a cat named Gorby who preys on rats, leading to a battle that ends first in defeat, then in victory for Gorby
Author : Obeyd Zakani
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781979691246
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book The Persian & Turkish Jokers Obeyd Zakani & Mulla Nasr Ud-din written by Obeyd Zakani and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-13 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE PERSIAN & TURKISH JOKERS OBEYD ZAKANI & MULLA NASR UD-DIN Selected Jokes & Rude & Hilarious Stories Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Obeyd Zakani (1300-1371) is an important a figure in Persian and Sufi literature and poetry. His satire, humorous stories, ribald and obscene poems, social commentary, mystical ghazals, prose, ruba'is, qit'as and his famous epic qasida 'Cat & Mouse' are popular today and are more relevant than ever. He is considered to be one of the world's greatest satirist and social-commentator whose life and mystical poems had a great influence on his student and friend Hafiz and many others. Mullah Nasr ud-din is a wise man famous throughout the Muslim and some parts of the non-Muslim world since the 16th century. Historical documents show that he lived in the 13th century in Anatolia (today Turkey). He was a scholar or at least an educated man. His jokes were narrated for centuries between people for different purposes, some for humour and some to tell as stories full of meaning and wisdom. Large Format Paperback 7" x 10" 269 pages. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'. "It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished. Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. "Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of many works into Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart. Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Lalla Ded, Rahman Baba, Bulleh Shah, Ghalib, Iqbal, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Dara Shikoh and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books & a dozen screenplays. www.newhumanitybooks.com
Author : ʻUbayd al-Zākānī
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (68 download)
Download or read book Laṭāʼif-i ʻubayd zākānī written by ʻUbayd al-Zākānī and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815651511
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (156 download)
Download or read book The Education of Women and The Vices of Men written by and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-28 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the close of the nineteenth century, modern ideas of democracy and equality were slowly beginning to take hold in Iran. Exposed to European ideas about law, equality, and education, upper- and middle-class men and women increasingly questioned traditional ideas about the role of women and their place in society. In apparent response to this emerging independence of women, an anonymous author penned The Education of Women, a small booklet published in 1889. This guide, aimed at husbands as much as at wives, instructed women on how to behave toward their husbands, counseling them on proper dress, intimacy, and subservience. One woman, Bibi Khanom Astarabadi, took up the author’s challenge and wrote a refutation of the guide’s arguments. An outspoken mother of seven, Astarabadi established the first school for girls in Tehran and often advocated for the rights of women. In The Vices of Men, she details the flaws of men, offering a scathing diatribe on the nature of men’s behavior toward women. Astarabadi mixes the traditional florid style of the time with street Persian, slang words, and bawdy language. This new edition, the first to be translated into English, faithfully preserves the style and irreverent tone of the essays. The two texts, together with an introduction and afterword situating both within the customs, language, and social life of Iran, offer a rare candid dialogue between men and women in late nineteenth-century Persia.
Author : Hamid Dabashi
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674070615
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)
Download or read book The World of Persian Literary Humanism written by Hamid Dabashi and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be human? Humanism has mostly considered this question from a Western perspective. Through a detailed examination of a vast literary tradition, Hamid Dabashi asks that question anew, from a non-European point of view. The answers are fresh, provocative, and deeply transformative. This groundbreaking study of Persian humanism presents the unfolding of a tradition as the creative and subversive subconscious of Islamic civilization. Exploring how 1,400 years of Persian literature have taken up the question of what it means to be human, Dabashi proposes that the literary subconscious of a civilization may also be the undoing of its repressive measures. This could account for the masculinist hostility of the early Arab conquest that accused Persian culture of effeminate delicacy and sexual misconduct, and later of scientific and philosophical inaccuracy. As the designated feminine subconscious of a decidedly masculinist civilization, Persian literary humanism speaks from a hidden and defiant vantage point-and this is what inclines it toward creative subversion. Arising neither despite nor because of Islam, Persian literary humanism was the artistic manifestation of a cosmopolitan urbanism that emerged in the aftermath of the seventh-century Muslim conquest. Removed from the language of scripture and scholasticism, Persian literary humanism occupies a distinct universe of moral obligations in which "a judicious lie," as the thirteenth-century poet Sheykh Mosleh al-Din Sa'di writes, "is better than a seditious truth."
Author : John W. Limbert
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 029580288X
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)
Download or read book Shiraz in the Age of Hafez written by John W. Limbert and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fourteenth-century Persian city of Shiraz, poets composed, scholars studied, mystics sought hidden truths, ascetics prayed and fasted, drunkards brawled, and princes and their courtiers played deadly games of power. This was the world of Shams al-Din Mohammad Hafez Shirazi, a classical poet who remains broadly popular today in his native Shiraz and in modern Iran as a whole, and among all lovers of great verse traditions. As John Limbert notes, Hafez's poetry is inseparable from the Iranian spirit--a reflection of Iranians’ intellectual and emotional responses to events. But if Hafez’s endurance derives from the considerable charm of his work, it also arises from his sure grounding in the life of his day, from a setting so deftly explored by his verse that his depictions of it retain a timeless relevance. To fully comprehend and enjoy Hafez, and thus to understand a root force in modern Iranian consciousness, we must know something of the city in which he lived and wrote. In this book, Limbert provides not only a rich context for Hafez’s poetry but also a comprehensive perspective on a fascinating place in a dynamic time. His portrait of this elegant, witty poet and his marvelous city will be as valuable to medievalists, students of the Middle East, and specialists in urban studies as it will be to connoisseurs of world literature.
