Poetics and politics of Iran's national epic, the Shahnameh
by
 
Omidsalar, Mahmoud, 1950-

Title
: 
Poetics and politics of Iran's national epic, the Shahnameh

Author
: 
Omidsalar, Mahmoud, 1950-

ISBN
: 
9780230113459

Personal Author
: 
Omidsalar, Mahmoud, 1950-

Edition
: 
1st ed.

Publication Information
: 
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Physical Description
: 
xvii, 254 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Series
: 
Literatures and cultures of the Islamic world

Contents
: 
Shāhnāmah and the presumptive authority of the West -- An epic's journey -- At home : the Shāhnāmah in New Persian -- A fierce fidelity: Ferdowsi and his archetype -- Why the Shāhnāmah -- The man in the myths -- The poet, the prince, and the language -- Epic unity : the case against underanalysis -- Sibling rivalry -- Killing demons, deposing kings : the Akvān episode -- Of lusting and ousting -- Conclusion : Shāhnāmah and the tyranny of Eurocenterism.

Personal Subject
: 
Firdawsī. Shāhnāmah.

Subject Term
: 
Epic poetry, Persian -- History and criticism.
 
National characteristics, Iranian.
 
East and West.

Geographic Term
: 
Iran -- Civilization.


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