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Beholding Beauty - Sa'di of Shiraz and the Aesthetics of Desire in Medieval Persian Poetry (Hardcover)
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Beholding Beauty - Sa'di of Shiraz and the Aesthetics of Desire in Medieval Persian Poetry (Hardcover)
Series: Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures, 41
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Beholding Beauty: Sa'di of Shiraz and the Aesthetics of Desire in
Medieval Persian Poetry explores the relationship between
sexuality, politics, and spirituality in the lyrics of Sa'di
Shirazi (d. 1292 CE), one of the most revered masters of classical
Persian literature. Relying on a variety of sources, including
unstudied manuscripts, Domenico Ingenito presents the so-called
"inimitable smoothness" of Sa'di's lyric style as a serene yet
multifaceted window into the uncanny beauty of the world, the human
body, and the realm of the unseen. The book constitutes the first
attempt to study Sa'di's lyric meditations on beauty in the context
of the major artistic, scientific and intellectual trends of his
time. By charting unexplored connections between Islamic philosophy
and mysticism, obscene verses and courtly ideals of love, Ingenito
approaches Sa'di's literary genius from the perspective of sacred
homoeroticism and the psychology of performative lyricism in their
historical context.
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