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Persian literature is the jewel in the crown of Persian culture. It has profoundly influenced the literatures of Ottoman Turkey, Muslim India and Turkic Central Asia. It has been a source of inspiration for Goethe, Emerson, Matthew Arnold and Jorge Luis Borges among others and praised by William Jones, Tagore, E. M. Forster and many more. Yet although in the past few years the poems of Rumi have attracted the kind of popular attention enjoyed by Omar Khayyam in the 19th century, Persian literature has never received the attention it truly deserves.A History of Persian Literature answers this need and offers a new, comprehensive and detailed history of its subject. This 18-volume, authoritative survey reflects the stature and significance of Persian literature as the single most important accomplishment of the Iranian experience. Prominent scholars in the field bring a fresh critical approach to bear on this important topic and each volume includes representative samples of this literature.The main object of this companion volume is to provide an overview of the most important extant literary sources in Iranian Languages other than Persian – the Kurdish, Pashto, Balochi and Ossetic languages which not only have a rich tradition of their own but have also exerted such a powerful influence on the language of the great Persian poets. It also explores the rich vein of oral traditions in the Persian literature of Iran and Tajikistan and will be an indispensable source for the literary traditions of non-Persian languages of Iranian roots as well as an invaluable guide to the subject.
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A History of Persian Literature Volume XVIII
Volumes of A History of Persian Literature
I General Introduction to Persian Literature II Persian Poetry in the Classical Era, 800–1500
III Persian Poetry in the Classical Era, 800–1500
IV Heroic Epic
Panegyrics (qaside), Short Lyrics (ghazal); Quatrains (robâ’i) Narrative Poems in Couplet form (mathnavis); Â�Strophic Poems; Occasional Poems (qat’e); Satirical and Invective poetry; shahrâshub The Shahnameh and its Legacy
V Persian Prose VI Religious and Mystical Literature VII Persian Poetry, 1500–1900
From the Safavids to the Dawn of the Constitutional Movement
VIII Persian Poetry from outside Iran
The Indian Subcontinent, Anatolia, Central Asia after Timur
IX Persian Prose from outside Iran
X Persian Historiography XI Literature of the early Twentieth Century
The Indian Subcontinent, Anatolia, Central Asia after Timur From the Constitutional Period to Reza Shah
XII Modern Persian Poetry, 1940 to the Present Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan
XIII Modern Fiction and Drama XIV Biographies of the Poets and Writers of the Classical Period XV Biographies of the Poets and Writers of the Modern Period; Literary Terms XVI General Index Companion Volumes to A History of Persian Literature: XVII Companion Volume I: The Literature of Pre-�Islamic Iran X VIII Companion Volume II: Oral Literature of Iranian Languages Kurdish, Pashto, Balochi, Ossetic, Persian and Tajik
A History of Persian Literature General Editor—Ehsan Yarshater
Volume XVIII
Oral Literature of Iranian Languages Kurdish, Pashto, Balochi, Ossetic, Persian and Tajik Companion Volume II to A History of Persian Literature
Edited by Philip G. Kreyenbroek & Ulrich Marzolph Sponsored by Persian Heritage Foundation (New York) & Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University
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