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- The Necklace of the Pleiades: 24 Essays on Persian Literature, Culture and Religion
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Leiden University Press
summary
“The Necklace of the Pleiades is a volume on Persian literature, culture and Religion” by Persian scholars from around the world. The topics of the 24 essays range from the Persian Alexander romance, to Ferdowsi’s Shahnama and other epics, the poetics and imagery of the ghazal and the qasida, Mughal court poetry, Sufism, Ismaili history, Baha’i literature, Iranian linguistics, the modern writer Sadeq Hedayat, and the reception of Salman Rushdie’s novel in Persian translation
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 1-6
- I. Alexander Romance
- II. The Epic Cycle
- Rostam and Zoroastrianism
- pp. 49-62
- III. Religious Texts and Contexts
- IV. The Poetic Text and Central Motifs
- A Life in Poetry: Hāfiz’s First Ghazal
- pp. 163-182
- V. Center and Periphery
- IV. The Modern Period
- Sâdeq Hedâyat, a Writer ahead of Time
- pp. 325-336
- A Fenceless Garden
- pp. 337-362
- Refuting Rushdie in Persian
- pp. 363-372
- From Dawn’s Art
- pp. 373-380
- Backlist Iranian Studies Series
- pp. 381-382
Additional Information
ISBN
9789400600096
Related ISBN(s)
9789087280918
MARC Record
OCLC
966771448
Pages
382
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No