Millennium of Classical Persian Poetry A Guide to Reading and Understanding of Persian Poetry from the Tenth to the Twentieth Century

Name: Millennium of Classical Persian Poetry A Guide to Reading and Understanding of Persian Poetry from the Tenth to the Twentieth Century
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ISBN: 9780936347509

ISBN-10: 0936347503

ISBN-13: 9780936347509

Edition: 2015

Authors: W. M. Thackston

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List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Ibex Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/1/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 186
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English

Wheeler M. Thackston is Professor Emeritus of the Practice of Persian and Other Near Eastern Languages at Harvard University.



Introduction


Metrics and Prosody


Table of Meters


The Meter of the Ruba'i


Synopsis of Poetical Forms and Rhyme


Poets of the Samanid and Ghaznavid Periods


Rudaki


Daqiqi


Munjik


Kasa'i


Firdawsi


Farrukhi


Unsuri


Minuchihri


Poets of the Seljuq Period to the Mongol Invasion


Azraqi


Hujjat (Nasir-i Khusraw)


Mas'ud-i Sa'd-i Salman


Mu'izzi


Khayyam


Suzani


Anvari


Khaqani


Nizami


Poets of Didactic Mysticism


Sana'i


Attar


Mawlavi


Iraqi


Poets of the Mongol and Timurid Periods


Sa'di


Khusraw


Hasan


Ubayd


Awhadi


Khwaju


Imad


Salman


Hafiz


Ni'matullah Vali


Qasim-i Anvar


Shahi


Ibn-i Husam


Jami


Hilali


Poets of the Safavid and Mughal Periods


Ahli


Vahshi


Muhtasham


Fayzi


Urfi


Talib


Kalim


Sa'ib


Bedil


Poets of the Afshar, Qajar, and Pahlavi Periods in Iran and the Later Mughal Period in India


Hazin


Azar


Hatif


Visal


Furughi


Yaghma


Ghalib


Qa'ani


Iraj


Parvin


Bahar



Scansions of Poems


Persian-English Vocabulary


Sources