{"product_id":"courtly-riddles-asghar-seyed-gohrab-9789087280871","title":"Courtly Riddles: Enigmatic Embellishments in Early Persian Poetry","description":"This is the first study of Persian literary riddles to appear in English, analyzing 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. \u003cbr\u003eLiterary riddles occur in the early specimens of Persian literature from the tenth century and they continue to be used in modern Iranian society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat is it that it has neither trousers nor shirt? \u003cbr\u003e[Yet] you can place on her lap whatever you wish \u003cbr\u003eAlthough she has no tongue, she speaks the truth, \u003cbr\u003eWith a dragon, a scorpion upon her neck. \u003cbr\u003ea scale (quppân) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Courtly Riddles demonstrates how the taste for riddles lies at the core of the development of Persian poetry. It proposes a careful, learned and systematic analysis of this hitherto little-studied and puzzling poetical game.'\u003cbr\u003eChristine van Ruymbeke, University of Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Asghar Seyed-Gohrab\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9087280874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789087280871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Leiden University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.48d","brand":"Asghar Seyed-Gohrab","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48066413658367,"sku":"9789087280871","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1f2fd681-a323-4d49-a4a6-07a47f4397e0.jpg?v=1768678350","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/courtly-riddles-asghar-seyed-gohrab-9789087280871","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}