Author: Annemarie Schimmel
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 9780807856208
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Two-Colored Brocade: The Imagery of Persian Poetry
A Two-Colored Brocade
Author: Annemarie Schimmel
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 9780807856208
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Two-Colored Brocade: The Imagery of Persian Poetry
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 9780807856208
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Two-Colored Brocade: The Imagery of Persian Poetry
A Two-Colored Brocade
Author: Annemarie Schimmel
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469616378
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 559
Book Description
Annemarie Schimmel, one of the world's foremost authorities on Persian literature, provides a comprehensive introduction to the complicated and highly sophisticated system of rhetoric and imagery used by the poets of Iran, Ottoman Turkey, and Muslim India. She shows that these images have been used and refined over the centuries and reflect the changing conditions in the Muslim world. According to Schimmel, Persian poetry does not aim to be spontaneous in spirit or highly personal in form. Instead it is rooted in conventions and rules of prosody, rhymes, and verbal instrumentation. Ideally, every verse should be like a precious stone--perfectly formed and multifaceted--and convey the dynamic relationship between everyday reality and the transcendental. Persian poetry, Schimmel explains, is more similar to medieval European verse than Western poetry as it has been written since the Romantic period. The characteristic verse form is the ghazal--a set of rhyming couplets--which serves as a vehicle for shrouding in conventional tropes the poet's real intentions. Because Persian poetry is neither narrative nor dramatic in its overall form, its strength lies in an "architectonic" design; each precisely expressed image is carefully fitted into a pattern of linked figures of speech. Schimmel shows that at its heart Persian poetry transforms the world into a web of symbols embedded in Islamic culture.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469616378
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 559
Book Description
Annemarie Schimmel, one of the world's foremost authorities on Persian literature, provides a comprehensive introduction to the complicated and highly sophisticated system of rhetoric and imagery used by the poets of Iran, Ottoman Turkey, and Muslim India. She shows that these images have been used and refined over the centuries and reflect the changing conditions in the Muslim world. According to Schimmel, Persian poetry does not aim to be spontaneous in spirit or highly personal in form. Instead it is rooted in conventions and rules of prosody, rhymes, and verbal instrumentation. Ideally, every verse should be like a precious stone--perfectly formed and multifaceted--and convey the dynamic relationship between everyday reality and the transcendental. Persian poetry, Schimmel explains, is more similar to medieval European verse than Western poetry as it has been written since the Romantic period. The characteristic verse form is the ghazal--a set of rhyming couplets--which serves as a vehicle for shrouding in conventional tropes the poet's real intentions. Because Persian poetry is neither narrative nor dramatic in its overall form, its strength lies in an "architectonic" design; each precisely expressed image is carefully fitted into a pattern of linked figures of speech. Schimmel shows that at its heart Persian poetry transforms the world into a web of symbols embedded in Islamic culture.
The Magic Brocade
Author: Netty Tales Mudry
Publisher: Netty Tales Mudry
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Bedtime Story Book Once upon a time, long ago in China, their lived in old widow with her three children Fan, Yi and Mei.
Publisher: Netty Tales Mudry
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Bedtime Story Book Once upon a time, long ago in China, their lived in old widow with her three children Fan, Yi and Mei.
Autumn Brocade
Author: Teru Miyamoto
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811216333
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
A masterpiece of simplicity and beauty,Kinshuis an epistolary novel by one of Japan's most popular literary authors. Life, death, karma-these interwoven themes form the heart of Teru Miyamoto's lyrical novel in letters,Kinshu: Autumn Brocade, the first work to be published in the U.S. by this internationally acclaimed author. The word kinshu has many connotations-brocade, poetic writing, the brilliance of autumn leaves-and here resonates as a vibrant metaphor for the complex, intimate relationship between Aki and Yasuaki, a divorced and long-estranged couple. Ten years after their divorce, they meet by chance at a mountain resort. In a flood of emotions and memories, Aki initiates a new correspondence, and letter by letter through the seasons, the secrets of their past unfold as they reflect on their present struggles. From a lover's suicide to a father's controlling demands, the story moves seamlessly through their deeply introspective exchanges. What begins as a series of accusations and apologies, questions and excuses, turns into a source of mutual support and healing.
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811216333
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
A masterpiece of simplicity and beauty,Kinshuis an epistolary novel by one of Japan's most popular literary authors. Life, death, karma-these interwoven themes form the heart of Teru Miyamoto's lyrical novel in letters,Kinshu: Autumn Brocade, the first work to be published in the U.S. by this internationally acclaimed author. The word kinshu has many connotations-brocade, poetic writing, the brilliance of autumn leaves-and here resonates as a vibrant metaphor for the complex, intimate relationship between Aki and Yasuaki, a divorced and long-estranged couple. Ten years after their divorce, they meet by chance at a mountain resort. In a flood of emotions and memories, Aki initiates a new correspondence, and letter by letter through the seasons, the secrets of their past unfold as they reflect on their present struggles. From a lover's suicide to a father's controlling demands, the story moves seamlessly through their deeply introspective exchanges. What begins as a series of accusations and apologies, questions and excuses, turns into a source of mutual support and healing.
And Muhammad Is His Messenger
Author: Annemarie Schimmel
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469619601
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The important role of the Prophet Muhammad in the everyday lives of Muslims is usually overlooked by Western scholars and has consequently never been understood by the Western world. Using original sources in the various Islamic languages, Annemarie Schimmel explains the central place of Muhammad in Muslim life, mystical thought, and poetry. She sees the veneration of Muhammad as having many parallels in other major religions. In order to understand Muslim piety it is necessary to take into account the long history of the veneration of Muhammad. Schimmel discusses aspects of his life, birth, marriage, miracles, and heavenly journey, all of which became subjects for religious devotions. By using poetic texts and artistic expressions and by examining daily Muslim religious practices, Schimmel shows us the gentler side of Islamic religious culture, providing a much-needed understanding of religion as it is experienced and practiced in the Islamic world. This is the first book in English to deal with all aspects of the veneration of the Prophet Muhammad. It is an expanded version of Schimmel's Und Muhammad Ist Sein Prophet, originally published in German in 1981.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469619601
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The important role of the Prophet Muhammad in the everyday lives of Muslims is usually overlooked by Western scholars and has consequently never been understood by the Western world. Using original sources in the various Islamic languages, Annemarie Schimmel explains the central place of Muhammad in Muslim life, mystical thought, and poetry. She sees the veneration of Muhammad as having many parallels in other major religions. In order to understand Muslim piety it is necessary to take into account the long history of the veneration of Muhammad. Schimmel discusses aspects of his life, birth, marriage, miracles, and heavenly journey, all of which became subjects for religious devotions. By using poetic texts and artistic expressions and by examining daily Muslim religious practices, Schimmel shows us the gentler side of Islamic religious culture, providing a much-needed understanding of religion as it is experienced and practiced in the Islamic world. This is the first book in English to deal with all aspects of the veneration of the Prophet Muhammad. It is an expanded version of Schimmel's Und Muhammad Ist Sein Prophet, originally published in German in 1981.
Emerson in Iran
Author: Roger Sedarat
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438474873
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Emerson in Iran is the first full-length study of Persian influence in the work of the seminal American poet, philosopher, and translator, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Extending the current trend in transnational studies back to the figural origins of both the United States and Iran, Roger Sedarat's insightful comparative readings of Platonism and Sufi mysticism reveal how Emerson managed to reconcile through verse two countries so seemingly different in religion and philosophy. By tracking various rhetorical strategies through a close interrogation of Emerson's own writings on language and literary appropriation, Sedarat exposes the development of a latent but considerable translation theory in the American literary tradition. He further shows how generative Persian poetry becomes during Emerson's nineteenth century, and how such formative effects continue to influence contemporary American poetry and verse translation.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438474873
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Emerson in Iran is the first full-length study of Persian influence in the work of the seminal American poet, philosopher, and translator, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Extending the current trend in transnational studies back to the figural origins of both the United States and Iran, Roger Sedarat's insightful comparative readings of Platonism and Sufi mysticism reveal how Emerson managed to reconcile through verse two countries so seemingly different in religion and philosophy. By tracking various rhetorical strategies through a close interrogation of Emerson's own writings on language and literary appropriation, Sedarat exposes the development of a latent but considerable translation theory in the American literary tradition. He further shows how generative Persian poetry becomes during Emerson's nineteenth century, and how such formative effects continue to influence contemporary American poetry and verse translation.
Ahmad al-Ghazali, Remembrance, and the Metaphysics of Love
Author: Joseph E. B. Lumbard
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 1438459653
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Discusses the work of a central, but poorly understood, figure in the development of Persian Sufism, A?mad al-Ghaz?l?. The teachings of A?mad al-Ghaz?l? changed the course of Persian Sufism forever, paving the way for luminaries such as R?m?, A???r, and ??fi?. Yet he remains a poorly understood thinker, with many treatises incorrectly attributed to him and conflicting accounts in the historiographical literature. This work provides the first examination of A?mad al-Ghaz?l? and his work in Western scholarly literature. Joseph E. B. Lumbard seeks to ascertain the authenticity of works attributed to this author, trace the development of the dominant trends in the biographical literature, and reconstruct the life and times of A?mad al-Ghaz?l? with particular attention to his relationship with his more famous brother, Ab? Hamid al-Ghaz?l?. Lumbards findings revolutionize our understanding of A?mad al-Ghaz?l?'s writings, allowing for focus on his central teachings regarding Divine Love and the remembrance of God.
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 1438459653
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Discusses the work of a central, but poorly understood, figure in the development of Persian Sufism, A?mad al-Ghaz?l?. The teachings of A?mad al-Ghaz?l? changed the course of Persian Sufism forever, paving the way for luminaries such as R?m?, A???r, and ??fi?. Yet he remains a poorly understood thinker, with many treatises incorrectly attributed to him and conflicting accounts in the historiographical literature. This work provides the first examination of A?mad al-Ghaz?l? and his work in Western scholarly literature. Joseph E. B. Lumbard seeks to ascertain the authenticity of works attributed to this author, trace the development of the dominant trends in the biographical literature, and reconstruct the life and times of A?mad al-Ghaz?l? with particular attention to his relationship with his more famous brother, Ab? Hamid al-Ghaz?l?. Lumbards findings revolutionize our understanding of A?mad al-Ghaz?l?'s writings, allowing for focus on his central teachings regarding Divine Love and the remembrance of God.
Dante | Hafiz
Author: Franco Masciandaro
Publisher: Pinsapo Press
ISBN: 0692887482
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Six essays on Dante and Hafiz. CONTENTS: I. SIGH: Nicola Masciandaro, "Miracle of the Sigh." Franco Masciandaro, "Dante's Sighs/Sigh." Peter Booth, "Sigh." II. GAZE: Nicola Masciandaro, "On the Gaze." Franco Masciandaro, "Dante's Gaze." Peter Booth, "Gaze." III. BEAUTY: Franco Masciandaro, "Beauty in Dante’s Divine Comedy." Peter Booth, "Beauty." Nicola Masciandaro, "Lines on Beauty." Published by Kaf Collective www.kafcollective.com
Publisher: Pinsapo Press
ISBN: 0692887482
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Six essays on Dante and Hafiz. CONTENTS: I. SIGH: Nicola Masciandaro, "Miracle of the Sigh." Franco Masciandaro, "Dante's Sighs/Sigh." Peter Booth, "Sigh." II. GAZE: Nicola Masciandaro, "On the Gaze." Franco Masciandaro, "Dante's Gaze." Peter Booth, "Gaze." III. BEAUTY: Franco Masciandaro, "Beauty in Dante’s Divine Comedy." Peter Booth, "Beauty." Nicola Masciandaro, "Lines on Beauty." Published by Kaf Collective www.kafcollective.com
Prefacing the Image
Author: David J. Roxburgh
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004113763
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
"Readership: All those interested in the history and theory of art, and histories of Persian literature and culture in the premodern Islamic world."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004113763
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
"Readership: All those interested in the history and theory of art, and histories of Persian literature and culture in the premodern Islamic world."--BOOK JACKET.
Textiles from Beneath the Temple of Pachacamac, Peru
Author: Ina VanStan
Publisher: UPenn Museum of Archaeology
ISBN: 9780934718226
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
A careful examination of the collection of textiles from this famous Peruvian site. The author examines categories of textiles by their possible use and technique of manufacture, as well as reexamines the field notes of Uhle's expedition. Extensive attention to weaving and sewing techniques. University Museum Monograph, 30
Publisher: UPenn Museum of Archaeology
ISBN: 9780934718226
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
A careful examination of the collection of textiles from this famous Peruvian site. The author examines categories of textiles by their possible use and technique of manufacture, as well as reexamines the field notes of Uhle's expedition. Extensive attention to weaving and sewing techniques. University Museum Monograph, 30