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Poetics and Politics of Iran s National Epic the Shahnameh 1st Edition by Mahmoud Omidsalar ISBN 1349295280 9781349295289

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Author(s): Mahmoud Omidsalar (auth.)
ISBN(s): 9781349295289, 1349295280
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 3.29 MB
Year: 2011
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1349295280 
ISBN 13: 9781349295289
Author: Mahmoud Omidsalar

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.

 Poetics and Politics of Iran s National Epic the Shahnameh 1st Table of contents:

1 Shāhnāmeh and the Presumptive Authority of the West
2 An Epic’s Journey: A Brief History of the Shāhnāmeh’s Transmission
3 At Home: The Shāhnāmeh in New Persian
4 A Fierce Fidelity: Ferdowsi and His Archetype
5 Why the Shāhnāmeh?
6 The Man in the Myths
7 The Poet, the Prince, and the Language
8 Epic Unity: The Case Against Under-Analysis
9 Sibling Rivalry
10 Killing Demons, Deposing Kings: The Akvān Episode
11 Of Lusting and Ousting

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