Contributions

  • Persian Heritage Foundation (New York, N.Y.) - Contributor
  • Columbia University. Center for Iranian Studies - Contributor

Publication

2012 - I.B. Tauris, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

181,250 words, Guess

Page Count

725 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCPK6409 .P47 2012

Description

"A new History of Persian Literature in 18 Volumes. Persian literature is the jewel in the crown of Persian culture. It has profoundly influenced the literatures of Ottoman Turkey, Muslim India and Turkic Central Asia and been a source of inspiration for Goethe, Emerson, Matthew Arnold and Jorge Luis Borges among others. Yet Persian literature has never received the attention it truly deserves. A History of Persian Literature answers this need and offers a new, comprehensive and detailed history of its subject. This 18-volume, authoritative survey reflects the stature and significance of Persian literature as the single most important accomplishment of the Iranian experience. It includes extensive, revealing examples with contributions by prominent scholars who bring a fresh critical approach to bear on this important topic. This companion volume deals with two of the most under-researched areas of study in the Modern Iranian field: the Persian oral and popular literature of Iran, Tajikistan and Persian-speaking Afghanistan on the one hand; and the written and oral literatures of the Kurds, Pashtuns, Baloch and Ossetians on the other."--Bloomsbury publishing.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • A history of Persian literature -- vol. X

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