Through a series of insightful and sophisticated readings, this book reveals the worldliness of premodern Persian poetry. It traces the political role of poetry in shaping the prison poem genre (habsiyyat) across 12th-century Central, South and West Asia., offering an unprecedented account of prison poetry before modernity.
About the AuthorRebecca Ruth Gould, Professor of Islamic World and Comparative Literature, University of Birmingham.
Book InformationISBN 9781474484015
Author Rebecca Ruth GouldFormat Hardback
Page Count 312
Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press