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1. Papers from the Seminar on Fasahat and Balaghat in Classical Persian Literature (RLE Iran B)

   Edited by JULIE MEISAMI, Michael Beard

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Iran

   This issue of Edebiyât discusses topics ranging from medieval grammar, prosody and rhetoric to computer-assisted techniques of analysis. It also features excerpts from Michael Cooperson’s translation of Abdelfattah Kilito’s L’Auteur et ses doubles....

   Published February 24th 2011 by Routledge
2. Structure and Meaning in Medieval Arabic and Persian Lyric Poetry

   Orient Pearls

   By Julie Meisami

   Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

   This is the first comprehensive and comparative study of compositional and stylistic techniques in medieval Arabic and Persian lyric poetry. Ranging over some seven countries, it deals with works by over thirty poets in the Islamic world from Spain to present-day Afghanistan, and examines how this...

   Published February 21st 2011 by Routledge
3. The Routledge Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature

   Edited by Julie Scott Meisami, Paul Starkey

   The Routledge Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature is an authoritative reference resource, bringing together entries on key authors, works, genres, terms, concepts and issues in Arabic literature. Covering material from the classical period through the transitional to the modern, this new paperback...

   Published January 17th 2010 by Routledge