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

M. Omidsalar (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

254 Seiten

2011 | 1st ed. 2011
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-29528-9 (ISBN)

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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

Erscheinungsdatum	08.08.2016
Reihe/Serie	Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World
Zusatzinfo	XVII, 254 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
Schlagworte	EPIC • Iran • Poet • Poetics
ISBN-10	1-349-29528-0 / 1349295280
ISBN-13	978-1-349-29528-9 / 9781349295289
Zustand	Neuware