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Rūmī and the hermeneutics of eroticism / by Mahdi Tourage.

Title: Rūmī and the hermeneutics of eroticism / by Mahdi Tourage.
Author: Tourage, Mahdi
Publication: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

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Description

xii, 260 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Iran studies, 1569-7401 ; v. 2

Uniform Title

Iran studies ; v. 2.

Subject

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-242) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

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.

ISBN

9789004163539 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004163530 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007038667

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library