E-book
The world of Persian literary humanism
Record details
- ISBN: 0674067592 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780674067592 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780674066717
- ISBN: 0674066715
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1 online resource (x, 372 p.) - Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatBulkString:jan.03.13 CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: the making of a literary humanism -- The making of an Iranian world in an Islamic universe: the rise of Persian language and literature (632-750) -- The Persian presence in the Abbasid empire: resisting Arabic literary imperialism (750-1258) -- The prose and poetry of the world: the rise of literary humanism in the Seljuqid empire (1038-1194) -- The triumph of the word: the perils and promises of the Mongol empire (1256-1353) -- The lure and lyrics of a literature: the center and periphery of the Timurid empire (1314-1508) -- The making of a literary cosmopolitanism: treading over multiple empires (1501-1732) -- The dawn of new empires: literary humanism in search of itself (1736-1924) -- The final frontiers: new Persian literary humanism (1906-present) -- Conclusion. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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| Subject: | Humanism in literature Persian literature -- History and criticism HISTORY / Middle East / General LITERARY CRITICISM -- General Persian literature Literature Humanism |
| Genre: | Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
