The publication of a book on the Persian literary riddle (A.A. Seyed-Gohrab, Courtly Riddles. Enigmatic Embellishments in Early Persian Poetry, Amsterdam & West Lafayette -Indiana USA, Rozenberg Publishers & Purdue University Press, 2008, 256 pp., ISBN 987 90 5170 858 5) offers the opportunity for a critical review of this field of studies. Starting from a re-reading of the sources on this topic, in the first paragraph of the review article (Definition of the subject of study, pp. 76-78) a critical definition of ‘riddle’ in Persian classical literature, in its different meanings, is provided. A problem not well dealt with in the book is that of the relationship between riddle and metaphor; therefore, the second paragraph of the review artic...
Reviewing the origins of a particular literary history allows us to better comprehend the allusions ...
The impact of Persian literature on world culture and literature is undeniable. Persian po...
The article determines riddles as short works the basis of which is a witty, metaphorical question t...
The publication of a book on the Persian literary riddle (A.A. Seyed-Gohrab, Courtly Riddles. Enigma...
This book is the first study of Persian literary riddles to appear in English, analysing a wide rang...
The present book is a result of the author’s research on Mādīgān-ī Yōšt-ī Fr(i)yān (MYF), which belo...
This volume is a collection of essays on classical Persian literature, focusing on Persian rhetorica...
Salarnameh is an epic book based on the style of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, in which the history of Iran ...
Bien que rien, ni dans le livre, ni sur le site de l’éditeur, ne le laisse deviner, il s’agit ici d’...
As a means of passing knowledge from one generation to another riddles represent a very early means ...
âArafat al-âAshegin va âArasat al-âArefin is one of the most important ancient Persian literary Tazk...
This study of Shakespeare and riddles seeks to develop three central points. First, riddles were an ...
This volume is a collection of essays on classical Persian literature, focusing on Persian rhetorica...
The riddle is among the specimens of the „simple forms” (einfache Formen) of literature. It represe...
The rhetoric among the Arabs was old, its manifestations were clear in their words of poetry and pro...
Reviewing the origins of a particular literary history allows us to better comprehend the allusions ...
The impact of Persian literature on world culture and literature is undeniable. Persian po...
The article determines riddles as short works the basis of which is a witty, metaphorical question t...
The publication of a book on the Persian literary riddle (A.A. Seyed-Gohrab, Courtly Riddles. Enigma...
This book is the first study of Persian literary riddles to appear in English, analysing a wide rang...
The present book is a result of the author’s research on Mādīgān-ī Yōšt-ī Fr(i)yān (MYF), which belo...
This volume is a collection of essays on classical Persian literature, focusing on Persian rhetorica...
Salarnameh is an epic book based on the style of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, in which the history of Iran ...
Bien que rien, ni dans le livre, ni sur le site de l’éditeur, ne le laisse deviner, il s’agit ici d’...
As a means of passing knowledge from one generation to another riddles represent a very early means ...
âArafat al-âAshegin va âArasat al-âArefin is one of the most important ancient Persian literary Tazk...
This study of Shakespeare and riddles seeks to develop three central points. First, riddles were an ...
This volume is a collection of essays on classical Persian literature, focusing on Persian rhetorica...
The riddle is among the specimens of the „simple forms” (einfache Formen) of literature. It represe...
The rhetoric among the Arabs was old, its manifestations were clear in their words of poetry and pro...
Reviewing the origins of a particular literary history allows us to better comprehend the allusions ...
The impact of Persian literature on world culture and literature is undeniable. Persian po...
The article determines riddles as short works the basis of which is a witty, metaphorical question t...