TY - JOUR
T1 - The geographies of 'Ajam
T2 - The circulation of Persian poetry from South Asia to the Caucasus
AU - Gould, Rebecca
PY - 2015/4/11
Y1 - 2015/4/11
N2 - With the consolidation of Persian literary culture across the eastern Islamic ecumene, Persian poets gained confidence in the power of their craft to shape their world. Alongside other genres, the medieval Persian prison poem (habs1¯yya¯t) strikingly illustrates how shifts in the geography of Persian extended the scope of Persian literature, aesthetically, politically and spatially. This article turns to the dissemination of the prison poem to shed light on the extensive contacts between South Asia and the Caucasus that Persian poetry facilitated. Examining the scope of medieval Persian literary culture from two peripheries of the Islamic world, I concentrate on how Persianate culture's capacious geographical imagination enables us to rethink received assumptions concerning the circulation of power, cultural exchange, and the role played by literary form in stimulating political change.
AB - With the consolidation of Persian literary culture across the eastern Islamic ecumene, Persian poets gained confidence in the power of their craft to shape their world. Alongside other genres, the medieval Persian prison poem (habs1¯yya¯t) strikingly illustrates how shifts in the geography of Persian extended the scope of Persian literature, aesthetically, politically and spatially. This article turns to the dissemination of the prison poem to shed light on the extensive contacts between South Asia and the Caucasus that Persian poetry facilitated. Examining the scope of medieval Persian literary culture from two peripheries of the Islamic world, I concentrate on how Persianate culture's capacious geographical imagination enables us to rethink received assumptions concerning the circulation of power, cultural exchange, and the role played by literary form in stimulating political change.
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U2 - 10.1177/0971945814565729
DO - 10.1177/0971945814565729
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
AN - SCOPUS:84929104367
VL - 18
SP - 87
EP - 119
JO - Medieval History Journal
JF - Medieval History Journal
SN - 0971-9458
IS - 1
ER -