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32 produkter
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
An Updated Bibliography
Av Jos Coumans, Asghar Seyed-Gohrab
Häftad, 2010
562 kr
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This book fills a gap by providing a new selection and description of almost 900 editions of the world-famous Persian quatrains: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. This is the first bibliography since the first Rubáiyát bibliography by A.G. Potter, published in 1929.Omar Khayyám lived in the 11th …
Reception of Hafiz
The Sweet Poetic Language of Hafiz in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Persia
Häftad, 2013
688 kr
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"The quantity of scholarship on Persian literature is enormous. Yet works of literary criticism and analytical studies are a minute and newly-added portion of its entirety. With few and noteworthy exceptions, the works are agglomerated around the names of such giants of Persian literature as Hafez, …
Reclaiming The Faravahar
Zoroastrian Survival in Contemporary Tehran
Av Navid Fozi
Häftad, 2014
668 kr
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Reclaiming the Faravahar is an ethnographic study of the contemporary Zoroastrians in Tehran. It examines many public discursive and ritual performances to show how they utilize national, religious, and ethnic categories to frame the Zoroastrian identity within the longstanding conflict between …
Persian in use
An Elementary Textbook of Language and Culture
Häftad, 2015
962 kr
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"Persian in Use is an elementary Persian language and culture textbook designed for first-year Persian language students at college level. It offers a thematically organized and integrative approach to help students achieve proficiency in Persian language and culture. Features: * Colorful and …
Irreverent Persia
Invective, Satirical and Burlesque Poetry from the Origins to the Timurid Period (10th to 15th century)
Häftad, 2015
731 kr
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Poetry expressing criticism of social, political and cultural life is a vital integral part of Persian literary history. Its principal genres – invective, satire and burlesque – have been very popular with authors in every age. Despite the rich uninterrupted tradition, such texts have been little …
Journal of Three Months' Walk in Persia in 1884 by Captain John Compton Pyne
Av Marjan Afsharian, Russell Harris
Häftad, 2017
788 kr
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In 1884 an obscure British soldier, having finished his tour of duty in India, decided to make a detour on his trip home in order to spend three months crossing Persia unaccompanied except for the local muleteers. Among his accoutrements he packed a small leather-bound sketchbook in which he not …
Story of Conquest and Adventure
The Large Far.marzn.me
Häftad, 2017
788 kr
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The Large Far.marzn.me (Far.marzn.me-ye bozorg), a poem from the Persian epic cycle dated to the late eleventh century, is hereby published for the first time in an English translation, in prose. The story tells how Far.marz, a son of the famous Sh.hn.me hero Rostam, conquers several provinces of …
Principles for Progress
Essays on Religion and Modernity by `Abdu'l-Bahá
Av Sen McGlinn
Häftad, 2018
934 kr
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This book presents three of the works of Abdu.l-Bah., son of the founder of the Bah..i Faith, dealing with social and political issues. In The Secret of Divine Civilization (1875) Abdu.l-Bah. supports the administrative and broader social reforms of Mirz. Hosayn Kh.n, but looks mainly for organic …
Fire of Lilies
Perspectives on Literature and Politics in Modern Iran
Häftad, 2019
838 kr
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This book examines the role of Persian literature in politics in the tumultuous period of Iranian history from 1950 to 2000, illustrating how intellectuals used poetry, plays, novels and short stories to comment on socio-political developments. The unique aspect of the book is its strong empirical …
Persian Whitman
Beyond a Literary Reception
Häftad, 2019
838 kr
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Walt Whitman, a world poet and the father of American free verse, has been read by diverse audiences from around the world. Literary and cultural scholars have studied Whitman’s interaction with social, political and literary movements of different countries. Despite his continuing presence in …
Pearls of Meaning
Studies on Persian Art, Poetry, ..f.sm and History of Iranian Studies in Europe.J.T.P. de Bruijn
Häftad, 2020
961 kr
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Pearls of Meanings offers a collection of essays by J.T.P. (Hans) de Bruijn, leading scholar in the field of Persian Studies, in which essential domains of Persian culture such as poetry and Sufism are analyzed in an exemplary fashion. While poetry plays a pivotal position in these essays, the …
Rise of the Ni‘matull.h. Order
Shi'ite Sufi Masters against Islamic Fundamentalism in 19th-Century Persia
Häftad, 2021
722 kr
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"How were the Ni‘matull.h. masters successful in reviving Ni‘matull.h. Sufism in Shi‘ite Persia? This book investigates the revival of Ni‘matull.h. Sufi order after the death of the last Indian Ni‘matull.h. master, Ri.. ‘Al. Sh.h (d. 1214/1799) in the Deccan. After the fall of Safavids, the revival …
Losing Our Minds, Coming to Our Senses
Sensory Readings of Persian Literature and Culture
Av Mehdi Khorrami, Amir Moosavi
Häftad, 2021
838 kr
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By bringing sensory studies to the study of Persian literature and culture, Losing Our Minds, Coming to Our Senses: Sensory Readings of Persian Literature and Culture inaugurates a new chapter for Iranian and Persian studies. This volume offers a diverse set of readings across periods, genres and …
Irrationalities in Islam and Media in Nineteenth-Century Iran
Faces of Modernity
Inbunden, 2022
1245 kr
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This book deals for the first time with the cultural history of media in nineteenth-century Iran, a history that deals with how modern techniques of representation and communication were received in the Iranian Shi.a society. This reception history is examined in religious photography, military …
Ayatollah Khomeini’s Mystical Poetry and its Reception in Iran and the Diaspora
Inbunden, 2023
1546 kr
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There are many publications dealing with the political career of Ruhollah Khomeini (1902–1989), who transformed the political landscape of Iran and the Middle East after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Most of the research conducted in the West is on Khomeini’s political strategies, while the …
Parvin Etesami in the Literary and Religious Context of Twentieth-Century Iran
A Female Poet's Challenge to Patriarchy
Inbunden, 2023
1546 kr
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Parvin E'tesami (1907-1941) is among the few Persian female poets, who has gained nationwide popularity, while her authorship was disbelieved. She is celebrated in a plethora of publications every year in Iran and beyond. E'tesami is the only female poet who has remained part of the daily lives of …
Beyond Orientalism
Sir William Jones (1746-1794), a Journey of Understanding
Inbunden, 2025
1566 kr
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Beyond Orientalism: Sir William Jones (1746-1794), A Journey of Understanding reconfigures our understanding of Orientalism, the formation of British Romanticism, colonialism, and late eighteenth-century British India. This volume examines the enduring legacy of Sir William Jones, a seminal figure …
Sufi Non-Conformism
Antinomian Trends in the Persianate Cultural Traditions
Inbunden, 2024
1498 kr
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This book deals with nonconformist aspects of Sufism, and other antinomian movements in the Persianate cultural areas. The chapters cover a variety of subjects, ranging from gender and the role of women in Islamic mysticism, to genuine versus sham piety, belief versus unbelief, the notion of …
Expeditions in Persia
Exploring Qajar Persia in Two 19th-Century Diaries
Inbunden, 2025
1949 kr
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Expeditions in Persia: Exploring Qajar Persia in two 19th-Century Diaries unveils the intricacies of 19th-century Persian expeditions through two complementary travelogues. The first account, with an anonymous author (attributed to Sir John Malcolm), offers a detailed diplomatic and historical …
Intersex and the (Non)Binary Body in Classical Muslim Legal, Medical, and Literary Discourses
Av Mehrdad Alipour, Indira Falk Gesink
Inbunden, 2026
1841 kr
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This book offers the first sustained scholarly exploration of intersex embodiment and identity in premodern Islam. Bringing together leading scholars in the field, it examines how classical Muslim thinkers conceptualised, categorised, and regulated bodies that defied binary understandings of sex …
Gender and Sexuality in Persian Literary and Religious Traditions
Embodied Encounters
Inbunden, 2026
1414 kr
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This volume offers fresh insights into themes of love, gender, sexuality, and the interaction between the profane and the spiritual in classical Persian culture, including their reception and appropriation in modern and contemporary Iranian history. Each chapter is original in its own right, …
Classical Kurdish Poetry As World Literature
Ehmede Xani's Mem U Zin and Persian Literary Domination
Inbunden, 2026
1546 kr
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Among Kurdish readers, Ehmedê Xanî's seventeenth-century romance Mem û Zîn has long been recognized as the national epic, but it has received remarkably little attention among literary scholars. This study provides a detailed analysis of Xanî's masterpiece, which seeks to break free of the …
Courtly Riddles
Enigmatic Embellishments in Early Persian Poetry
Häftad, 2010
562 kr
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This is the first study of Persian literary riddles to appear in English, analyzing a wide range of complex riddling poems systematically from the tenth to the twelfth century. In addition to the genre of riddles, the book examines the relationship between metaphors and riddles and the genre of …
Safina Revealed
A Compendium of Persian Literature in 14th-Century Tabriz
Av Ali-Asghar Seyed-Gohrab, Sen McGlinn
Häftad, 2011
731 kr
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The Safina is a massive, well preserved manuscript from 14th-century Tabriz in Persia, a centre for learning and cultural activities including manuscript production and illumination. Containing 209 works in Persian and Arabic, it is a complete treasure-house between two covers. The texts in the …
Embodiments of Evil: Gog and Magog
Interdisciplinary Studies of the "Other" in Literature & Internet Texts
Av Ali-Asghar Seyed-Gohrab, Faustina Doufikar-Aerts m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
562 kr
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Gog and Magog, as archetypes of evil, have dwelt in our consciousness since their threatening appearance in the Bible and Quran. Maps, literature and texts ranging from Medieval Europe, the Byzantine and Arab world, in Berber, Persian and Indonesian traditions, to contemporary internet texts: all …
Father of Persian Verse
Rudaki and his Poetry
Häftad, 2010
562 kr
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Abu ‘Abdollâh' Jafar ibn Mohammad Rudaki (c. 880 CE-941 CE) was a poet to the Samanid court which ruled much of Khorâsân (northeastern Persia) from its seat in Bukhara.He is widely regarded as "the father of Persian poetry, for he was the first major poet to write in New Persian language, following …
Agreement Restrictions in Persian
Häftad, 2010
688 kr
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Agreement Restrictions in Persian is the first comprehensive attempt to tackle the issue of verbal agreement in Persian from a cross-linguistic point of view. Persian is a field of research within theoretical linguistics that is yet to be sufficiently explored. This book adopts the Minimalist …
Key to the Treasure of the Hakim
Artistic and Humanistic Aspects of Nizami Ganjavi’s Khamsa
Av Johann Christoph Bürgel, Christine van Ruymbeke
Häftad, 2011
731 kr
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This “Key” to the Khamsa consists of thirteen essays by eminent scholars in the field of Persian Studies, each focusing on different aspects of the Khamsa, which is a collection of five long poems written by the Persian poet Nizami of Ganja.Nizami (1141-1209) lived and worked in Ganja in …
Holy Drama
Persian Passion Play in Modern Iran
Av Mahnia A. Nematollahi Mahani
Häftad, 2013
562 kr
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Persian passion play or ta'ziya depicts the role of the Prophet's granddaughter Zeynab during the tragic death of the third Shiite Imam Hoseyn in Karbala in 680. This book depicts how Zeynab has become a role model in modern Iranian society, especially during the Islamic Revolution and the …
Story of Barzu
As Told by Two Storytellers from Boysun, Uzbekistan
Av Gabrielle Berg, van den, Ravshan Rahmoni
Häftad, 2013
623 kr
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The storytellers Jura Kamol and Mullo Ravshan composed two different versions of the story of Barzu in the Tajik as spoken in this area. This is the first printed version including a translation of these stories to appear.
