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STORIES FROM THE SHAHNAMEH OF FERDOWSI
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| Volume: |
Volume 1 |
| By: |
Ehsan Yarshater, Dick David (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£49.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0934211507 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780934211505 |
| Publisher: |
MAGE PUBLISHERS |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1998 |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Synopsis: |
Among the masterpieces of world literature, perhaps the least familiar to English readers is the Persian book of Kings (Shahnameh, in Persian). This prodigious national epic, composed by the poet Ferdowsi between 980 and 1010, tells the story of ancient Persia, beginning in the mythic time of Creation and continuing forward to the Arab-Islamic invasion in the 7th century. Translator Dick Davis combines his skills as a poet and a Ferdowsi scholar to evoke the metrical music, impact, and nuance of Ferdowsis monumental poem. Breathtaking miniatures from the finest Persian Shahnameh manuscripts of the 16th and 17th centuries heighten the emotional impact of the text. A short afterword by the eminent art historian Stuart Cary Welch unravels the history behind these paintings. |
| Illustrations: |
colour illus |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Mage Publishers |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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