@article{427793,
      note = {Description based on print version record.},
      author = {Seyed-Gohrab, A. A.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/427793},
      title = {Courtly riddles enigmatic embellishments in early Persian  poetry / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Leiden University Press,},
      abstract = {This book is the first study of Persian literary riddles  to appear in English, analysing a wide range of complex  riddling poems systematically from the tenth to the twelfth  century. In addition to the genre of riddles, the book  examines the relationship between metaphors and riddles and  the genre of literary description. Riddles belong to the  oldest genre in many literary traditions. O amber-bodied  idol, precious ruby!You are fire with ambergris smoke,  amber with fiery smoke;You have silver in your heart, red  sulfur in your mouth;You have a snake in your throat, its  teeth are on your tongue. You.},
      recid = {427793},
      pages = {1 online resource (226 p.)},
      address = {Leiden :},
      year = {2010},
}