The organizer of the University of London conference with other authorities on Nasir-i Khusraw and Persian literature, Dr. Hunsberger here provides a substantive introduction and contributes a major chapter along with other chapters on topics ranging from metaphysics, cosmology and ontology, to prophecy, rhythm and structure, the analysis of individual poems and the matter of authorship.
Rigorous literary analysis of several complete major poems advances the field of Persian Studies beyond investigating what a poem means to how it is constructed and how poetic technique and philosophy can be combined to create masterpieces.
This volume therefore represents the initiation of important studies in the genre of philosophical poetry in general and the field of Persian poetry.
