A Millennium of Classical Persian Poetry / Edition 1

by Wheeler M. Thackston

Overview

"A Millennium Of Classical Persian Poetry" is a guide to the reading & understanding of Persian poetry from the tenth to the twentieth century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780936347509
Publisher:	IBEX Publishers
Publication date:	01/01/1994
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction	ix
	Metrics and Prosody	xiii
	Table of Meters	xx
	The Meter of the Ruba'i	xxiii
	Synopsis of Poetical Forms and Rhyme	xxiv
	Poets of the Samanid and Ghaznavid Periods
	Rudaki	1
	Daqiqi	2
	Munjik	3
	Kasa'i	3
	Firdawsi	4
	Farrukhi	11
	Unsuri	16
	Minuchihri	17
	Poets of the Seljuq Period to the Mongol Invasion
	Azraqi	19
	Hujjat (Nasir-i Khusraw)	20
	Mas'ud-i Sa'd-i Salman	22
	Mu'izzi	23
	Khayyam	25
	Suzani	25
	Anvari	26
	Khaqani	29
	Nizami	31
	Poets of Didactic Mysticism
	Sana'i	37
	Attar	38
	Mawlavi	41
	Iraqi	45
	Poets of the Mongol and Timurid Periods
	Sa'di	47
	Khusraw	50
	Hasan	53
	Ubayd	54
	Awhadi	57
	Khwaju	59
	Imad	61
	Salman	62
	Hafiz	64
	Ni'matullah Vali	68
	Qasim-i Anvar	69
	Shahi	70
	Ibn-i Husam	70
	Jami	71
	Hilali	75
	Poets of the Safavid and Mughal Periods
	Ahli	77
	Vahshi	78
	Muhtasham	79
	Fayzi	82
	Urfi	83
	Talib	84
	Kalim	85
	Sa'ib	87
	Bedil	88
	Poets of the Afshar, Qajar, and Pahlavi Periods in Iran and the Later Mughal Period in India
	Hazin	90
	Azar	90
	Hatif	92
	Visal	96
	Furughi	96
	Yaghma	97
	Ghalib	98
	Qa'ani	99
	Iraj	101
	Parvin	103
	Bahar	104
Appendix A	Scansions of Poems	107
	Persian-English Vocabulary	115
	Sources	181