The Poetry of Nizami Ganjavi: Knowledge, Love, and Rhetoric
The work of Nizami Ganjavi, a classical poet of the twelfth century, is fueling new cultural debate in Iran in recent years. The dominant discourse encourages the reading of the texts in light of biographical or theological conventions and religious motiv
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The Poetry of Nizami Ganjavi: Know ledge, Love, and Rhetoric Edited by Kamran Talattof and Jerome W. Clinton
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Copyright © Kamran Talattof and jerome W. Clinton, 2000. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2000 978-0-312-22810-1
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A catalogue record for this book is available from the British library. library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The poetry of Nizami Ganjavi: knowledge, love, and rhetoric / edited by Kamran Talattof and jerome W. Clinton.
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Consists of the majority of the papers presented at a commemoration symposium for K. Allin luther at Princeton University on February 21-22, 1998. Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Niòåmå Ganjavå, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3-Criticism and interpretation-Congresses. I. Talattof, Kamaran. II. Clinton, Jerome W. III. luther, K. Allin, d. 1997. PK6501 .Z928 2000 891'.5511-dc21 First edition: December 2000 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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In Memory of K. Allin Luther
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Contents Preface
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A Note on Transliteration
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Introduction: Nizami Ganjavi and His Poetry
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
A Comparison of Nizami's Layli and Majnun and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Jerome W. Clinton
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Layla Grows Up: Nizami's Layla and Majnun "in the Turkish Manner" Mehmed Kalpaklf and Walter G. Andrews
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Nizami's Unlikely Heroines: A Study of the Characterizations of Women in Classical Persian Literature Kamran Talattof
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Majnun's Image as a Serpent Asghar Abu Gohrab
Chapter 5
The Historian and the Poet: Ravandi, Nizami, and the Rhetoric of History Julie Scott Meisami
Chapter 6
Occult Sciences in The Iskandarnameh of Nizami J. Christoph Biirgel
Chapter 7
Nizami's Poetry Versus Scientific Knowledge: The Case of the Pomegranate Christine van Ruymbeke
Chapter 8
Music in Khusraw Va Shirin Firoozeh Khazrai
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Chapter 9
The Story of the Ascension (Mi'raj) in Nizami's Work C.-H. De Fouchecour, Translated by
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Kamran Talattof and Arjang Talattof
Chapter 10
International Recognition ofNizami's Work: A Bibliography
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Kamran Talattof
Index
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Preface The work of Nizami Ganjavi, one of the great Persian poets, has achieved enduring significance. A year does not go by without the publication of new books and articles about his poetry, and although he belongs to
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