Courtly Riddles: Enigmatic Embellishments in Early Persian Poetry
A. A. Seyed-Gohrab
Netherlands
Amsterdam University Press
2010
228 P.
Iranian studies series (Leiden, Netherlands)
E.Book: 25238
This book is the first study of Persian literary riddles to appear in English, analysing a wide range of complex riddling poems systematically from the tenth to the twelfth century. In addition to the genre of riddles, the book examines the relationship between metaphors and riddles and the genre of literary description. Riddles belong to the oldest genre in many literary traditions
Persian literature 747-1500-- History and criticism