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I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage FoundationThe romantic lyricism of the great Persian poet Hafiz (1315-1390) continues to be admired around the world. Recent exploration of that lyricism by Iranian scholars has revealed that, in addition to his masterful use of poetic devices, Hafiz's verse is deeply steeped in the philosophy and symbolism of Persian love mysticism. This innovative volume discusses the aesthetic theories and mystical philosophy of the classical Persian love-lyric (ghazal) as particularly exemplified by Hafiz (who, along with Rumi and Sa'di, is Persia's most celebrated poet). For the first time in western literature, Hafiz's rhetoric of romance is situated within the broader context of what scholars refer to as 'Love Theory' in Arabic and Persian poetry in particular and Islamic literature more generally. Contributors from both the West and Iran conduct a major investigation of the love lyrics of Hafiz and of what they signified to that high culture and civilization which was devoted to the School of Love in medieval Persia. The volume will have strong appeal to scholars of the Middle East, medieval Islamic literature, and the history and culture of Iran.
Contents
List of ContributorsList of AbbreviationsForewordHafiz of Shiraz Peter Avery (Cambridge University)I. Introduction: Hafiz in the Socio-historical and Literary Milieu of Medieval PersiaPart 1: Hafiz in ShirazCite de l'amourShiraz and the Galaxy of Fourteenth-century Persian PoetryThe Hafizocentricism of Persianate Civilization and the Qur'anHafiz's Life and TimesHafiz in the Courtly Milieu of ShirazPart 2: Hafiz's Erotic SpiritualityHafiz and the Inspired Libertine (rind)The Rindan: Mafia of Medieval PersiaHafiz's Malamati Ethic and the Rite of Spiritual Vagabonds (qalandar?)The Inspired Libertine in Hafiz's Erotic TheologyThe Art of Erotic Contemplation (shahid-bazi)The Erotic Gaze: Contemplation of Human Beauty sub specie aeternitatis (nazar-bazi)Part 3: The Scope and Contents of the VolumeAcknowledgementsLeonard Lewisohn (University of Exeter)II. Hafiz and the Religion of Love in Classical Persian PoetryThe Principles of the Religion of Love in Classical Persian PoetryHusayn Ilahi-Ghomshei (Former Director, National Library of Tehran)The Erotic Spirit: Love, Man and Satan in Hafiz's PoetryAli Asghar Seyed-Ghorab (Leiden University, The Netherlands)The Radiance of Epiphany: the Vision of Beauty and Love in Hafiz's Poem of Pre-EternityLeili Anvar (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris)III. Hafiz and the Persian Sufi TraditionHafiz and the SufiC.H. de Fouchecour (Professeur emerite de l'Universite de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III)The Religion of Love and the Puritans of Islam: Sufi Sources of Hafiz's Anti-clericalismLeonard Lewisohn (University of Exeter)Jalal al-Din Davani's Interpretation of HafizCarl W. Ernst (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)IV. Hafiz's Romantic Imagery and Language of LoveTransfiguring Love: Perspective Shifts and Contextualization of Experience in Hafiz's GhazalsJames Morris (Boston College)Semiotics of the Dawn in the Poetry of HafizFranklin Lewis (University of Chicago)Hafiz and the Language of Love in Nineteenth-Century English and American Poetry Parvin Loloi (Independent Scholar, U.K.)List of AbbreviationsBibliographyIndex
