Hafiz and the Religion of Love in Classical Persian Poetry

Contents

List of Contributors vii

List of Plates viii

Foreword: Ḥāfiẓ of ShīrāzPETERAVERY ix

Editor’s Introduction and Acknowledgements xix

PARTI

√≠FIΩINTHESOCIO-HISTORICAL,LITERARYAND

MYSTICALMILIEUOFMEDIEVALPERSIA

Prolegomenon to the Study of Ḥāfiẓ 3

1 – Socio-historical and Literary Contexts: Ḥāfiẓ in Shīrāz

2 – The Mystical Milieu: Ḥāfiẓ’s Erotic Spirituality

LEONARDLEWISOHN

PARTII

√≠FIΩANDTHESCHOOLOFLOVEIN

CLASSICALPERSIANPOETRY

The Principles of the Religion of Love in Classical Persian Poetry 77

HUSAYNILAHI-GHOMSHEI

The Erotic Spirit: Love, Man and Satan in Ḥāfiẓ’s Poetry 107

ALIASGHARSEYED-GOHRAB

The Radiance of Epiphany: The Vision of Beauty and Love in Ḥāfiẓ’s Poem 123

of Pre-EternityLEILIANVAR

PARTIII

√≠FIΩANDTHEPERSIANSUFITRADITION

Ḥāfiẓ and the SufiCHARLES-HENRIDEFOUCHÉCOUR 143

The Religion of Love and the Puritans of Islam: Sufi Sources of Ḥāfiẓ’s 159

Anti-clericalismLEONARDLEWISOHN

Jalāl al-Dīn Davānī’s Interpretation of ḤāfiẓCARLW.ERNST 197

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