Abstract
The book under review is written by the renowned specialist in Iranian studies, the distinguished Russian scholar Natalia Yurievna Chalisova. She is known as the translator of the most significant and authoritative medieval Iranian treatises on poetics written in Classic Persian. The present book comprises a commented edition and translation of the poetical treatise by Sharaf ad-Din Rami under the title “Interlocutor of Lovers”, compiled in the 14th century. This is a unique work, which combines the features of the ‘ilm al-badi‘ (adornments of poetic speech) with the list of poetical hints and expressions as applied to describe the beauty beloved. The book will obviously not be neglected by a modern lay reader since it comprises a captivating narrative along with a curious list of “motives” used in medieval poetry to describe the object of love and praise ‘de capite ad calcem’. It will also attract a scholar's attention from academics to university teachers and students. Equally, the category of beauty in medieval poetics will earn the attention of medievalists, such as historians of medieval Iran, historians of art, culture and medieval philosophy, etc.
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