Ayatollah Khomeini’s Mystical Poetry and its Reception in Iran and the Diaspora / / Diede Farhosh-Van Loon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
• VerfasserIn: Farhosh-Van Loon, Diede,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Leiden University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Iranian Studies Series ; 30
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Notes on Translations, Transliterations and Footnotes --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. The Clergy’s Role in Politics --; Chapter 2. Ayatollah Khomeini’s Inner World: Mysticism and Poetry --; Chapter 3. Ayatollah Khomeini, the Topical Poet and his Quatrains (robâʿis) --; Chapter 4. Ayatollah Khomeini as an Antinomian Poet: Lyrical Poems (ghazals) --; Chapter 5. Ayatollah Khomeini, the Shiite Philosopher and his Panegyric Poems (qasides) --; Chapter 6. Reception of Ayatollah Khomeini’s Poetry in Iran and Abroad --; General Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789400604469; 9783110767094; 9783111023748
• DOI: 10.1515/9789400604469
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Diede Farhosh-Van Loon.

There are many publications dealing with the political career of Ruhollah Khomeini (1902–1989), who transformed the political landscape of Iran and the Middle East after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Most of the research conducted in the West is on Khomeini’s political strategies, while the influential role of mysticism in all facets of his life is ignored. This book is the first study examining Khomeini’s poetry, mysticism and the reception of his poetry both in Iran and the West. It investigates how Khomeini integrated various doctrines and ideas of Islamic mysticism and Shiiism such as the Perfect Man into his poetry.