This book is the first study of Persian literary riddles to appear in English. It translates and analyses a wide range of complex riddling poems from the tenth to the twelfth centuries, including the masters of the genre. It also analyses the relationship between metaphors and riddles and the genre of literary description.
- ISBN13 9781557534675
- Publish Date 1 December 2007
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 9 August 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Purdue University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 258
- Language English