PERSIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY by Ehsan Yarshater, Charles Melville (Editor) ( 9781845119119 )

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PERSIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY
A HISTORY OF PERSIAN LITERATURE

By:

Ehsan Yarshater, Charles Melville (Editor)

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I.B.TAURIS & CO LTD.

Pub. date:

30 January, 2012

Series:

History of Persian Literature

Pages:

400

Description:

Presents an overview of Persian literature's long and rich historiography. This book reflects the stature and significance of Persian literature as one of the single most important accomplishment of the Iranian experience.

Synopsis:

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 and been a source of inspiration for Goethe, Emerson, Matthew Arnold and Jorge Luis Borges among others. Yet 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. It includes extensive, revealing examples with contributions by prominent scholars who bring a fresh critical approach to bear on this important topic. In this volume the Editors offer an indispensable overview of Persian literature's long and rich historiography. Highlighting the central themes and ideas which inform historical writing, "Persian Historiography" will be an indispensable source for the historiographical traditions of Iran and the essential guide to the subject.

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