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29 novembre 2016
- handle: 10670/1.q54m1f
- isbn: 9781783741021
- eisbn: 9782821876163
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Sunil Sharma, « 10. Reading the Acts and Lives of Performers in Mughal Persian Texts », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.q54m1f
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In classical Persian literary culture, despite the primacy of the written word, the recitation of texts was as important, if not more so, than reading books. Extemporaneous or rehearsed performances of verses in a musha‘ira (poetry contest), declamation of formal qasidas in a courtly setting, and listening to tales in prose or in mixed forms were part and parcel of the lives of rulers, princes, and courtiers. And although participation in literary activities, including the recitation of poetr...