The Persian Prison Poem
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Product Information
| ISBN | 9781474484015 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
| Price (excl. tax) | €118.77 |
| Tax | €7.13 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €125.90 |
| Availability | 1 unit in external warehouse |
Product Description
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.