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Science and Poetry in Medieval Persia - The Botany of Nizami's Khamsa (Hardcover)
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Science and Poetry in Medieval Persia - The Botany of Nizami's Khamsa (Hardcover)
Series: University of Cambridge Oriental Publications
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Nizami Ganjavi is one of the foremost figures in Persian poetry,
living in Azerbaijan in the second half of the twelfth century. One
of the oldest Western poets in Persian literature, he is acclaimed
for his five masnavis which are assembled to form the Khamsa
(Quintet). His reputation is that of a difficult and refined poet,
who introduced into his verse vocabulary, expressions and allusions
to the then-known sciences. This study considers all his verses
containing allusions to trees and their fruit. The scientific
contents of these allusions are then checked with the help of
Arabic and Persian medieval scientific treatises, ranging from the
ninth to the seventeenth century. As a result, this study not only
proposes a better understanding of nature imagery in the work of a
seminal Persian poet, but provides a useful insight into the
breadth and depth of the education of medieval poets and their
readers.
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