Rūmī and the hermeneutics of eroticism /

Rūmī and the hermeneutics of eroticism /

This is the first systematic examination of the esoteric significance of the bawdy tales and explicit sexual passages present in Rūmī's (d. 1273) Mathnawī , a masterpiece of medieval Perso-Islamic mystical literature and theosophic teachings. Using the relevant features of postmodern theories a...

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Main Author: Tourage, Mahdi.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Series: Iran Studies 2.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004223028.

Subjects:

Djalāl al-Dīn Rūmī.
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, > Maulana, > 1207-1273 > Criticism and interpretation.
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, > Maulana, > 1207-1273. > Mas̲navī.
Erotik > (Motiv)
Erotik.
Esoterik.
Eroticism in literature.
Sex in literature.

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Call Number: PK6481.M9 T68 2007

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Materials
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. The Bawdy Tales of the Mathnawī in the Context of Persian Mystical Poetry
  • Chapter Two. The Nexus Between Esotericism And Eroticism
  • Chapter Three. Phallocentric Esotericism In The Tale Of The Slave Girl Who Satisfied Her Sexual Urges With Her Mistress's Donkey
  • Chapter Four. The Phallus And The Subject
  • Chapter Five. The Hermeneutics Of Eroticism
  • Chapter Six. Visions of Esoteric Secrets in Two Miniature Paintings of the Mathnawī's Bawdy Tales
  • Concluding Reflections
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix One Translation of the Tale of the Slave Girl who Satisfied her Sexual Urges with her Mistress's Donkey (Mathnawī V:1333-1429)
  • Appendix Two Translation of the Tale of the Prankster who Donned the Veil and Sat among Women During a Religious Gathering (Mathnawī V:3325-3350)
  • General Index.