Rumi and the hermeneutics of eroticism / by Mahdi Tourage.

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Superior document:Iran studies, v. 2
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TeilnehmendeR:
Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
Series:Iran studies ; v. 2.
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Physical Description:xii, 260 p. :; ill.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Bawdy tales of the Mathnawi 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 Mathnawi's Bawdy tales.