| ISBN |
9087283482 (hardcover) |
| 9789087283483 (hardcover) |
| Author |
Bruijn, J. T. P. de |
| Uniform Title |
Essays. Selections |
| Title |
Pearls of meanings : studies on Persian art, poetry, Ṣūfīsm and history of Iranian studies in Europe / J.T.P. de Bruijn ; edited by A.A. Seyed Gohrab |
| Publisher |
Leiden : Leiden University Press, 2020 |
| Physical desc. |
viii, 366 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Iranian studies series (Leiden, Netherlands) |
| Note |
Above cover title: Iranian series. |
| 'Distributed in North America by the University of Chicago Press'. |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-366). |
| Contents |
'A noose of light': a brief biography of J.T.P. de Bruijn / Ali-Asghar Seyed-Gohrab -- Publications of J.T.P. de Bruijn -- Persian art and material culture: a religious subject on a Persian qalamkār -- Persian literature -- Poets and minstrels in early Persian literature -- The transmission of early Persian ghazals (with special reference to the Dīvān of Sanā'ī) -- The individuality of the Persian khafīf metre -- The stories of Sanā'ī's Fakhrī-nāma -- The name of the poet in classical Persian poetry -- Chains of gold: Jāmī's defence of poetry -- Anvarī and the ghazal: an exploration -- Some strip of herbage: gardens in Persian poetry -- Spring versus autumn: a dispute in the meadows of thoughts -- Islamic mysticism (Ṣūfīsm) -- The religious use of Persian poetry -- Sanā'ī and the rise of Persian mystical poetry -- The Qalandariyyāt in Persian mystical poetry, from Sanā'ī onwards -- The preaching poet: three homiletic poems by Farīd al-Dīn ʻAṭṭār -- Of poetry and power: Sanā'ī and Sultan of Ghazna -- Oriental studies -- Iranian studies in the Netherlands -- The Persian studies of Adriaan Reland (1676-1718) -- Between Hammer and Browne: Hermann Ethé as a historian of Persian literature -- J.T.P. de Bruijn's poetry in Dutch, English, and Persian -- Occasional poetry -- The poetic persona -- Inspiration -- Waiting -- Rhyme -- New Year's Eve -- The old river -- Urbs antiqua ruit -- Walk -- In Konya with Rūmī -- In Istanbul with Süleyman -- In Ankara with Atatürk -- Persian sextets -- Ferdowsī -- Saʻdī -- Ḥāfiẓ -- Omar Redivivus -- Quatrains for today -- Holland haikus --Winter birds -- Spring birds -- Summer birds -- Autumn birds -- Autumn pond -- Weather forecasts -- Moods -- Late vintage I -- Late vintage II -- Haikus 2014 -- Guestbook. |
| Language Note |
Text in Dutch, English, and Persian. |
| Person as subject |
Sanāʼī al-Ghaznavī, Abū al-Majd Majdūd ibn Ādam -approximately 1150 |
| Subject |
Persian literature -- Appreciation -- Europe |
| Sufism |
| Sufi poetry, Persian -- Translations into English |
| Iran -- Civilization |
| Iran -- Study and teaching -- Europe |
| Added name(s) |
Seyed-Gohrab, A. A. (Ali Asghar) 1968- editor |
