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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tourage, Mahdi (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
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.