The Market in Poetry in the Persian World
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Elements in the Global Middle Ages
ISBN-10
1108948642
ISBN-13
9781108948647
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 23rd, 2021
Print length
75 Pages
Weight
140 grams
Dimensions
15.30 x 22.80 x 0.80 cms
Product Classification:
General & world history
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Provides a sense for the texture of the Persian world by discussing what made poetry precious. By focusing on reports on poets' lives, it illuminates the social scene in which poetry was produced and consumed. The discussion elicits poetry's close connections to political and religious authority, economic exchange, and the articulation of gender.
''Poetic speech is a pearl, connected to the king''s ear.'' This statement gestures to words as objects of material value sought by those with power and resources. The author provides a sense for the texture of the Persian world by discussing what made poetry precious. By focusing on reports on poets'' lives, they illuminate the social scene in which poetry was produced and consumed. The discussion elicits poetry''s close connections to political and religious authority, economic exchange, and the articulation of gender. At the broadest level, the study substantiates the interdependency between cultural and material reproduction of society.
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