Rūmī and the hermeneutics of eroticism /
This is the first systematic examination of the esoteric significance of the bawdy tales and explicit sexual passages present in R?m?'s (d. 1273) ""Mathnaw?, "" a masterpiece of medieval Perso-Islamic mystical literature and theosophic teachings. Using the relevant features...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2007.
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Colección: | Iran studies ;
v. 2. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.