Mohsen Ashtiany is Associate Research Scholar, Ehsan Yarshater Center for Iranian Studies. He has taught Persian literature and history at Oxford University, University of Manchester and the University of California at Los Angeles and has held Visiting Fellowships at Harvard and Princeton. He is a member of the Editorial Board of A History of Persian Literature

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• Contributors Introduction Chapter 1: Secular Didactic Mathnavis (J.T.P. de Bruijn) - Didacticism in Persian Literature- Didacticism in Early Mathnavis- The Emergence of the Didactic Mathnavi- The Aftermath of Sana'i’s Didactic Mathnavis- In the Footsteps of Nezami Ganjavi- ConclusionChapter 2: Romantic Mathnavis (Pre-Safavid Period) (J.T.P. de Bruijn) - Love Stories in Romantic Mathnavis - Early Romantic Poems Chapter 3: Nezami’s Romantic Poems and their Cultural Afterlife: Reception and Responses (Paola Orsatti) - Overview and Critical Assessment of the Poems- Types of Intertextuality in the Tradition of Response to Nezami’s Poems- Narrative Poetry: Some Critical Issues - Problems of Research on the Tradition of Response to Nezami’s PoemsChapter 4: Khosrow and Shirin and the Poems Of Love and Adventure (Paola Orsatti)- Nezami’s Khosrow va Shirin - Responses to Nezami’s Poem- The Poems of Love and Adventure and their Relationship to Nezami’s Poem- Allegory in Narratives of Love Chapter 5: Leyli and Majnun (Paola Orsatti)- The Legend of Majnun- Majnun’s Concept of Love- Nezami’s Poem Leyli va Majnun- The Poem Majnun va Leyli by Amir Khosrow- Mahzun va Mahbub by Jamali- The Legend of Leyli and Majnun in the Fifteenth Century- Leyli va Majnun by Jami- Other PoemsChapter 6: Nezami’s Haft Peykar and its Tradition in Persian Literature (Paola Orsatti)- Nezami’s Haft Peykar- The Development of the Bahram Gur Romance Before Nezami- Hasht Behesht by Amir Khosrow- Hatefi’s Poem Haft Manzar- Other Poems- The Fortunes of the Saga of BahramChapter 7: The Alexander Legend in Persian Literature (Mario Casari)- Alexander the Great in Iran- Alexander amidst Conquest and Mission- Alexander Romances- Alexander’s Boundaries: A ConclusionAbbreviationsBibliography Index

Mohsen Ashtiany is Associate Research Scholar, Ehsan Yarshater Center for Iranian Studies. He has taught Persian literature and history at Oxford University, University of Manchester and the University of California at Los Angeles and has held Visiting Fellowships at Harvard and Princeton. He is a member of the Editorial Board of A History of Persian Literature

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• Contributors Introduction Chapter 1: Secular Didactic Mathnavis (J.T.P. de Bruijn) - Didacticism in Persian Literature- Didacticism in Early Mathnavis- The Emergence of the Didactic Mathnavi- The Aftermath of Sana'i’s Didactic Mathnavis- In the Footsteps of Nezami Ganjavi- ConclusionChapter 2: Romantic Mathnavis (Pre-Safavid Period) (J.T.P. de Bruijn) - Love Stories in Romantic Mathnavis - Early Romantic Poems Chapter 3: Nezami’s Romantic Poems and their Cultural Afterlife: Reception and Responses (Paola Orsatti) - Overview and Critical Assessment of the Poems- Types of Intertextuality in the Tradition of Response to Nezami’s Poems- Narrative Poetry: Some Critical Issues - Problems of Research on the Tradition of Response to Nezami’s PoemsChapter 4: Khosrow and Shirin and the Poems Of Love and Adventure (Paola Orsatti)- Nezami’s Khosrow va Shirin - Responses to Nezami’s Poem- The Poems of Love and Adventure and their Relationship to Nezami’s Poem- Allegory in Narratives of Love Chapter 5: Leyli and Majnun (Paola Orsatti)- The Legend of Majnun- Majnun’s Concept of Love- Nezami’s Poem Leyli va Majnun- The Poem Majnun va Leyli by Amir Khosrow- Mahzun va Mahbub by Jamali- The Legend of Leyli and Majnun in the Fifteenth Century- Leyli va Majnun by Jami- Other PoemsChapter 6: Nezami’s Haft Peykar and its Tradition in Persian Literature (Paola Orsatti)- Nezami’s Haft Peykar- The Development of the Bahram Gur Romance Before Nezami- Hasht Behesht by Amir Khosrow- Hatefi’s Poem Haft Manzar- Other Poems- The Fortunes of the Saga of BahramChapter 7: The Alexander Legend in Persian Literature (Mario Casari)- Alexander the Great in Iran- Alexander amidst Conquest and Mission- Alexander Romances- Alexander’s Boundaries: A ConclusionAbbreviationsBibliography Index

Mohsen Ashtiany is Associate Research Scholar, Ehsan Yarshater Center for Iranian Studies. He has taught Persian literature and history at Oxford University, University of Manchester and the University of California at Los Angeles and has held Visiting Fellowships at Harvard and Princeton. He is a member of the Editorial Board of A History of Persian Literature

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• Contributors Introduction Chapter 1: Secular Didactic Mathnavis (J.T.P. de Bruijn) - Didacticism in Persian Literature- Didacticism in Early Mathnavis- The Emergence of the Didactic Mathnavi- The Aftermath of Sana'i’s Didactic Mathnavis- In the Footsteps of Nezami Ganjavi- ConclusionChapter 2: Romantic Mathnavis (Pre-Safavid Period) (J.T.P. de Bruijn) - Love Stories in Romantic Mathnavis - Early Romantic Poems Chapter 3: Nezami’s Romantic Poems and their Cultural Afterlife: Reception and Responses (Paola Orsatti) - Overview and Critical Assessment of the Poems- Types of Intertextuality in the Tradition of Response to Nezami’s Poems- Narrative Poetry: Some Critical Issues - Problems of Research on the Tradition of Response to Nezami’s PoemsChapter 4: Khosrow and Shirin and the Poems Of Love and Adventure (Paola Orsatti)- Nezami’s Khosrow va Shirin - Responses to Nezami’s Poem- The Poems of Love and Adventure and their Relationship to Nezami’s Poem- Allegory in Narratives of Love Chapter 5: Leyli and Majnun (Paola Orsatti)- The Legend of Majnun- Majnun’s Concept of Love- Nezami’s Poem Leyli va Majnun- The Poem Majnun va Leyli by Amir Khosrow- Mahzun va Mahbub by Jamali- The Legend of Leyli and Majnun in the Fifteenth Century- Leyli va Majnun by Jami- Other PoemsChapter 6: Nezami’s Haft Peykar and its Tradition in Persian Literature (Paola Orsatti)- Nezami’s Haft Peykar- The Development of the Bahram Gur Romance Before Nezami- Hasht Behesht by Amir Khosrow- Hatefi’s Poem Haft Manzar- Other Poems- The Fortunes of the Saga of BahramChapter 7: The Alexander Legend in Persian Literature (Mario Casari)- Alexander the Great in Iran- Alexander amidst Conquest and Mission- Alexander Romances- Alexander’s Boundaries: A ConclusionAbbreviationsBibliography Index