Rūmī and the hermeneutics of eroticism /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tourage, Mahdi (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Series:Iran studies ; v. 2.
Subjects:
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, > Maulana, > 1207-1273. > Mas̲navī.
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, > Maulana, > 1207-1273 > Criticism and interpretation.
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, > Maulana, > 1207-1273
Djalāl al-Dīn Rūmī.
Mas̲navī (Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana)
Sex in literature.
Eroticism in literature.
Sexualité dans la littérature.
Érotisme dans la littérature.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Erotik > Motiv
Erotik.
Esoterik.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
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.

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