Rumi and the hermeneutics of eroticism [electronic resource] /
by Mahdi Tourage.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
- xii, 260 p. : ill.
- Iran studies, v. 2 1569-7401 ; .
- Iran studies ; v. 2. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-242) and index.
The Bawdy tales of the Mathnawi in the context of Persian mystical poetry -- The nexus between esotericism and eroticism -- Phallocentric esotericism in the tale of the slave girl who satisfied her sexual urges with her mistress's donkey -- The phallus and the subject -- The hermeneutics of eroticism -- Visions of esoteric secrets in two miniature paintings of the Mathnawi's Bawdy tales.
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