| Laylī And Majnūn: Love, Madness and Mystic Longing in Niẓāmī's Epic Romance Contributor(s): Seyed-Gohrab, Ali Asghar (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004129421 ISBN-13: 9789004129429 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $227.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: This book is the first comprehensive analysis of Nez?m?'s romance Layl? and Majn?n (1188). It examines key themes such as chastity, constancy and suffering through an analysis of the main characters. Majn?n's asceticism, kingship, love-madness, poetic genius, ill-fate, and love-death are treated in separate chapters. The patriarchal society in which Layl? lives, her anxieties and dilemmas, incarceration, secret love, imposed marriage and finally her death are discussed in detail. One chapter is devoted entirely to the different ways parents raise their children and the consequences. Finally, the book gives an analysis of Nez?m?'s style, the narrative structure of the romance and the symbolism of time and setting. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern |
| Dewey: 891.551 |
| LCCN: 2003051939 |
| Series: Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 6.56" W x 9.68" (1.81 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is the first comprehensive analysis of Nezāmī's romance Laylī and Majnūn (1188). It examines key themes such as chastity, constancy and suffering through an analysis of the main characters. Majnūn's asceticism, kingship, love-madness, poetic genius, ill-fate, and love-death are treated in separate chapters. The patriarchal society in which Laylī lives, her anxieties and dilemmas, incarceration, secret love, imposed marriage and finally her death are discussed in detail. One chapter is devoted entirely to the different ways parents raise their children and the consequences. Finally, the book gives an analysis of Nezāmī's style, the narrative structure of the romance and the symbolism of time and setting. |
