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A History of Persian Literature, Vol V
Persian Prose
A History of Persian Literature, Vol V
Description
Volume V of A History of Persian Literature presents a broad survey of Persian prose: from biographical, historiographical, and didactic prose, to scientific manuals and works of popular prose fiction. It analyzes the rhetorical devices employed by writers in different periods in their philosophical and political discourse; or when their aim is primarily to entertain rather than to instruct , the chapters describe different techniques used to transform old stories and familiar tales into novel versions to entice their audience.
Many of the texts in prose cited in the volume share a wealth of common lore and literary allusions with Persian poetry. Prose and poetry frequently appear on the same page in tandem. In different ways, therefore, this creative interplay demonstrates the perennial significance of intertextuality, from the earliest times to the present; and help us in the process to further our understanding and enhance our enjoyment of Persian literature in its different manifestations throughout history
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: A MEDIEVAL NEXUS: LOCATING ENSHA' AND ITS ONTOLOGY IN THE PERSIANATE INTELLECTUAL TRADITION, 1000–1500 (Colin Mitchell)
CHAPTER 2: ADVICE LITERATURE (Louise Marlow)
CHAPTER 3: RESÂLE, MAQÂLE, AND KETÂB: AN OVERVIEW OF PERSIAN EXPOSITORY AND ANALYTICAL PROSE (Ali Gheissari)
CHAPTER 4: SCIENCE IN PERSIAN (Ziva Vesel in collaboration with Sonja Brentjes)
CHAPTER 5: CALLIGRAPHY (Francis Richard)
CHAPTER 6: CONSIDERATIONS ON LITERARY ASPECTS OF PERSIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY (Bert Fragner)
CHAPTER 7: BIOGRAPHICAL WRITING: TADHKERE AND MANÂQEB (Paul Losensky)
CHAPTER 8: STORIES AND TALES: ENTERTAINMENT AS LITERATURE (Mehran Afshari)
CHAPTER 9: POPULAR ANECDOTES AND SATIRE (Mehran Afshari)
CHAPTER 10: THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN PERSIAN PROSE: FROM THE NINETEENTH TO THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY (Iraj Parsinejad)
ABBREVIATIONS
INDEX
Product details
| Published | 01 Jul 2021 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 600 |
| ISBN | 9780755617807 |
| Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
| Series | History of Persian Literature |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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