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oapen-20.500.12657-307212024-03-25T09:51:40Z Irreverent Persia Zipoli, Riccardo Literature Anvari Ghazal Panegyric Persian literature Persians Poetry Satire thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSC Literary studies: poetry and poets Poetry expressing criticism of social, political and cultural life is a vital integral part of Persian literary history. Its principal genres - invective, satire and burlesque - have been very popular with authors in every age. Despite the rich uninterrupted tradition, such texts have been little studied and rarely translated. Their irreverent tones range from subtle irony to crude direct insults, at times involving the use of outrageous and obscene terms. This anthology includes both major and minor poets from the origins of Persian poetry (10th century) up to the age of Jami (15th century), traditionally considered the last great classical Persian poet 2018-01-01 23:55:55 2020-03-13 03:00:32 2020-04-01T13:08:35Z 2020-04-01T13:08:35Z 2015 book 643258 OCN: 921138246 9789087282974 9789400602120 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30721 eng Iranian Studies Series application/pdf n/a 643258.pdf Leiden University Press 10.24415/9789087282271 101214 10.24415/9789087282271 276c53fd-5f1d-4065-9fce-9628863ddca8 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9789087282974 9789400602120 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Leiden 101214 KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Poetry expressing criticism of social, political and cultural life is a vital integral part of Persian literary history. Its principal genres - invective, satire and burlesque - have been very popular with authors in every age. Despite the rich uninterrupted tradition, such texts have been little studied and rarely translated. Their irreverent tones range from subtle irony to crude direct insults, at times involving the use of outrageous and obscene terms. This anthology includes both major and minor poets from the origins of Persian poetry (10th century) up to the age of Jami (15th century), traditionally considered the last great classical Persian poet
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