The Poetics of Spiritual Instruction : : Farid al-Din ʿAttar and Persian Sufi Didacticism / / Austin O'Malley.
Examines ʿAttar's didactic sufi poetry in historical context from a rhetorical, recipient-centred perspectiveProvides an accessible introduction to the didactic mode in Persian literature Uncovers a poetics of didacticism that was never systemtised in the rhetorical or philosophical traditionTr...
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O'Malley, Austin, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Poetics of Spiritual Instruction : Farid al-Din ʿAttar and Persian Sufi Didacticism / Austin O'Malley. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2023] ©2023 1 online resource (291 p.) : 3 B/W illustrations 3 B/W tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Transliteration and Style -- Introduction: A Guide for Everyone -- 1 Situating Wisdom -- 2 ʿAttar and Persian Literary Sufism -- 3 Talk Therapy: Poetry as Spiritual Medicine -- 4 The Hoopoe on the Pulpit -- 5 Making Texts Speak -- 6 Allegory and Ascent -- 7 Anecdotal Disruptions -- Conclusion: Towards a Didactic Performativity -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Examines ʿAttar's didactic sufi poetry in historical context from a rhetorical, recipient-centred perspectiveProvides an accessible introduction to the didactic mode in Persian literature Uncovers a poetics of didacticism that was never systemtised in the rhetorical or philosophical traditionTraces the implications of the ‘medicinal metaphor’, in which speech is likened to medicineExplores literary allegory's relationship to visionary experienceInvestigates how didactic texts evoke oral discourse and how ʿAttar's frame-tale structures mediate between textuality and oralityMuch Persian sufi literature is explicitly didactic, aiming to instruct its readers and motivate pious reform. Moving beyond a recapitulation of religious content, The Poetics of Spiritual Instruction investigates the performative function of didactic poetry for mystical audiences, focusing in particular on the verse of Farid al-Din ʿAttar, a central figure of the tradition best known for long narrative poems imbued with edifying sufi themes. Through a series of sensitive and creative readings, O’Malley shows how ʿAttar uses frame-tales, metapoetic commentary, and allegories to think through his relationship with his readers, imagine and guide their reactions to his work, and perform his instructive authority. By teasing out this implicit, recipient-centred poetics, O’Malley recovers sufi didacticism’s participatory, interactive character and shows how the act of reading was invested with ritual significance as a spiritual exercise aimed at the purification of the soul. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023) Islamic Studies. LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English 9783111319292 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 9783111318912 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Literary Studies 2023 English 9783111319186 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Literary Studies 2023 9783111318264 ZDB-23-DSP Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023 9783110797640 print 9781474475112 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474475143 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474475143 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474475143/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Transliteration and Style -- Introduction: A Guide for Everyone -- 1 Situating Wisdom -- 2 ʿAttar and Persian Literary Sufism -- 3 Talk Therapy: Poetry as Spiritual Medicine -- 4 The Hoopoe on the Pulpit -- 5 Making Texts Speak -- 6 Allegory and Ascent -- 7 Anecdotal Disruptions -- Conclusion: Towards a Didactic Performativity -- Bibliography -- Index |
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