Betrayed by Earth and Sky
Poetry of Disaster and Restoration in Eighteenth-Century Iran
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12957653 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew C Smith (Harvard University Press, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 175-202 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Persianate Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1874-7094 • E-ISSN: 1874-7167 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18747167-12341326 |
| OpenAlex | W2917255421 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
In the winter of 1778, an earthquake shattered the city of Kashan. Three poets, Āẕar, Hātef, and Sabāhi, responded to the disaster in verse. Although all three are commonly associated with the Bāzgasht-e adabi (Literary Return) school that championed the style of an earlier era, their poems display an affinity with more contemporary Safavid poetry, particularly that of Mohtasham Kāshāni. In their responses to the earthquake, the poets acted as agents of social order, helping their audience to cope with their loss by putting the calamity into more familiar religious and cultural contexts (such as comparisons to the death of Emām Hoseyn at Karbalāʾ) and enabling them to move forward into the future
Art · Astronomy · Earth (classical element · Geography · Literature · Meteorology · Order (exchange · Poetry · Sky · Style (visual arts · History · Islamic Studies and History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |