ISBN:
9004163530
,
9789004163539
Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 260 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Iran studies Volume 2
Series Statement:
Iran studies
Dissertation note:
Dissertation University of Toronto 2005
DDC:
891/.5511
Keywords:
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī
;
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī Criticism and interpretation
;
Sex in literature
;
Eroticism in literature
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Ǧalāl-ad-Dīn Rūmī 1207-1273 Maṯnawī-i maʿnawī
;
Erotik
Abstract:
The Bawdy tales of the Mathnawī in the context of Persian mystical poetry -- The nexus between esotericism and eroticism -- Phallocentric esotericism in the tale of the slave girl who satisfied her sexual urges with her mistress's donkey -- The phallus and the subject -- The hermeneutics of eroticism -- Visions of esoteric secrets in two miniature paintings of the Mathnawī's Bawdy tales
Description / Table of Contents:
The Bawdy tales of the Mathnawī in the context of Persian mystical poetry -- The nexus between esotericism and eroticism -- Phallocentric esotericism in the tale of the slave girl who satisfied her sexual urges with her mistress's donkey -- The phallus and the subject -- The hermeneutics of eroticism -- Visions of esoteric secrets in two miniature paintings of the Mathnawī's Bawdy tales
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-242) and index
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