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Author Tourage, Mahdi, author.

Title Rūmī and the hermeneutics of eroticism / by Mahdi Tourage
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) : illustrations
Series Iran studies, 1569-7401 ; v. 2
Iran studies ; v. 2.
Contents The Bawdy tales of the Mathnawī in the context of Persian mystical poetry -- The nexus between esotericism and eroticism -- Phallocentric esotericism in the tale of the slave girl who satisfied her sexual urges with her mistress's donkey -- The phallus and the subject -- The hermeneutics of eroticism -- Visions of esoteric secrets in two miniature paintings of the Mathnawī's Bawdy tales
Summary This is the first systematic examination of the esoteric significance of the bawdy tales and explicit sexual passages present in R?m?'s (d. 1273) ""Mathnaw?, "" a masterpiece of medieval Perso-Islamic mystical literature and theosophic teachings. Using the relevant features of postmodern theories as strategic conceptual tools, and drawing on the recent interpretations of medieval kabbalistic texts, it is a fascinating examination of the link between the dynamics of eroticism and esotericism operative in R?m?'s ""Mathnaw?, "" In some of these bawdy tales, the phallus is used as an esoteric symbol
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-242) and index
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Subject Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273. Mas̲navī.
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273 fast
Djalāl al-Dīn Rūmī. idszbz
Mas̲navī (Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana) fast
Subject Sex in literature.
Eroticism in literature.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
Eroticism in literature
Sex in literature
Erotik Motiv
Erotik.
Esoterik.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789047422730
9047422732