Courtly Riddles : Enigmatic Embellishments in Early Persian Poetry.
This book is the first study of Persian literary riddles to appear in English, analysing a wide range of complex riddling poems systematically from the tenth to the twelfth century. In addition to the genre of riddles, the book examines the relationship between metaphors and riddles and the genre of...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Leiden University Press,
2010
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| Series: | Silsilat al-dirāsāt al-Īrānīyah.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
