Male-Male Love Classil Arabic Poetry (Chapter 6) - The Cambridge History of Gay and Lbian Lerature

Contents:

• MORN GAY PERSIAN POETRY ABOUT LOVE
• GAY PEOPLE ARE RECLAIMG AN ISLAMIC HERAGE

MORN GAY PERSIAN POETRY ABOUT LOVE

HOMOSEXUALITY iii. HOMOSEXUALITY.

GAY PEOPLE ARE RECLAIMG AN ISLAMIC HERAGE

A sharp ntrast exists between the treatment of homosexualy Islamic law, on the one hand (see ii.

From the dawn of Persian poetry the nth century all through to the twentieth century, not only was homosexualy ndoned Persian poetry, but fact homoeroticism formed almost the only amatory subject of Persian ghazals (short son-like lyrics) and the ma topic of much of Persian love poetry.