Poetics and Politics of Iran’s National Epic, the Sh?hn?meh - M. Omidsalar

Poetics and Politics of Iran’s National Epic, the Sh?hn?meh

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Buch | Hardcover
254 Seiten
2011
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-11345-9 (ISBN)
96,29 inkl. MwSt
This book considers some of the Western interpretations of The Shahnameh - Iran's national epic, and argues that these interpretations are not only methodologically flawed, but are also more revealing of Western concerns and anxieties about Iran than they are about the Shahnameh.

MAHMOUD OMIDSALAR Librarian at UCLA, USA, and he received a PhD from Berkeley, USA.

Shahnameh and the Presumptive Authority of the West  An Epic's Journey  At Home: The Shahnameh in New Persian  A Fierce Fidelity: Ferdowsi and his Archetype Why the Shahnameh?  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 Akvan Episode  Of Lusting and Ousting  Conclusion: Shahnameh and the Tyranny of Eurocenterism

Erscheint lt. Verlag 16.11.2011
Reihe/Serie Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World
Zusatzinfo XVII, 254 p.
Verlagsort Basingstoke
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Anthologien
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Islam
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10 0-230-11345-1 / 0230113451
ISBN-13 978-0-230-11345-9 / 9780230113459
Zustand Neuware
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