General introduction to Persian literature 9781845118860, 1845118863
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English Pages 573 Year 2009
Table of contents :
Classical Persian literature as a tradition / J.T.P. de Bruijn --
The origin and development of literary Persian / J. Perry --
The history of literature / W. Hanaway --
Prosody : meter and rhyme / B. Utas --
Traditional literary theory : the Arabic background / G.J. van Gelder --
Persian rhetoric : Elm-e badi' and Elm-e bayân / N. Chalisova --
Poetic imagery / R. Zipoli --
Genres of court literature / J. Meisami --
Genres of religious literature / N. Pourjavady --
Riddles / G. Windfuhr --
Pre-Islamic Iranian and Indian influences on Persian literature / F. de Blois --
Hellenistic influences in classical Persian literature / C. Van Ruymbeke --
Arabic influences on Persian literature / J.T.P. de Bruijn --
Persian literature and the arts of the book / P.P. Soucek --
Manuscripts in the domains of the Persian language / I. Afshar --
Printing and publishing / I. Afshar --
Libraries and librarianship / I. Afshar --
Appendix 1. Publishing in Iran after the revolution --
Appendix 2. Persian book-publishing abroad.
