Hafiz and the Religion of Love in Classical Persian Poetry by Lewisohn, Leonard

Hafiz and the Religion of Love in Classical Persian Poetry

I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation After six hundred years, the Persian lyrical poet Hafiz...
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Hafiz and the Religion of Love in Classical Persian Poetry by Lewisohn, Leonard

Hafiz and the Religion of Love in Classical Persian Poetry

CHF 69.30

Hafiz and the Religion of Love in Classical Persian Poetry

CHF 69.30
Author: Leonard Lewisohn
Format: Paperback
Language: English

I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation

After six hundred years, the Persian lyrical poet Hafiz (d. 1389) still remains the most popular poet in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and other parts of Central Asia where Persian is spoken today as the mother tongue. Imitated by the likes of Goethe in Germany, venerated by Tennyson in England and Emerson in the United States during the nineteenth century, he continues to attract attention and inspire admirers worldwide. Hafiz's masterful use of the rhetorical arts, his poetic devices and his skill in imagery are acclaimed as the benchmark of lyrical excellence in Persian. Yet the undying cult of Hafiz's popularity owes as much to his fascinating cosmopolitan romantic vision as to the exceptionally high calibre of his poetry.

This important volume is not only the first study to date of the philosophical, theological and mystical bases of Hafiz's erotic spirituality but the most comprehensive introduction to the poet's romantic philosophy, literary tradition, poetry and biography yet published in any European language. It situates for the first time Hafiz's rhetoric of romance within the broader context of 'Love Theory' in Arabic and Persian poetry. The work will appeal not only to students of Islamic philosophy, Sufism and Middle Eastern studies but also to a wider audience interested in comparative poetics, Eastern literature and spirituality, medieval romance and the philosophy of love.

Author: Leonard Lewisohn
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Published: 05/30/2015
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781784532123

About the Author

Leonard Lewisohn is Lecturer in Persian and Sufi Literature at Exeter University. His previous books include The Art of Spiritual Flight: Farid al-Din 'Attar and the Persian Sufi Tradition (I.B.Tauris, 2006, edited with Christopher Shackle) and The Heritage of Sufism, vols 1-3 (1999).




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