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Oral Literature of Iranian Languages: Kurdish, Pashto, Balochi, Ossetic, Persian and Tajik: Companion Volume II
History of Persian Literature A, Vol XVIII
Oral Literature of Iranian Languages: Kurdish, Pashto, Balochi, Ossetic, Persian and Tajik: Companion Volume II
History of Persian Literature A, Vol XVIII
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A new History of Persian Literature in 18 Volumes. 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. This companion volume deals with two of the most under-researched areas of study in the Modern Iranian field: the Persian oral and popular literature of Iran, Tajikistan and Persian-speaking Afghanistan on the one hand; and the written and oral literatures of the Kurds, Pashtuns, Baloch and Ossetians on the other.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
Preface
Chapter 1: Written Kurdish Literature
Joyce Blau
Chapter 2: Kurdish Oral Literature
Christine Allison
Chapter 3: Orality and Religion in Kurdistan: The Yezidi and Ahl-e Haqq Traditions
Philip G. Kreyenbroek
Chapter 4: Pashto Literature: The Classical Period
Sergei Andreyev
Chapter 5: Modern Pashto Written Literature
Leonard N. Bartlotti
Chapter 6: Pashto Oral and Popular Literature
Wilma Heston
Chapter 7: Balochi Literature
Josef Elfenbein
Chapter 8: Ossetic Literature
Fridrik Thordarson
Chapter 9: Persian Popular Literature
Ulrich Marzolph
Chapter 10: Naqqâli: Professional Iranian Storytelling
Kumiko Yamamoto
Chapter 11: Kâshefi's Rowzat Al-Shohadâ': The Karbala Narrative as Underpinning of Popular Religious Culture and Literature
Peter Chelkowski
Chapter 12: The Popular Literature of the Tajiks
Ravshan Rahmoni
Chapter 13: Oral and Popular Literature in Dari Persian of Afghanistan
Margaret A. Mills
Bibliographies
Index
Product details
| Published | 19 May 2010 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 432 |
| ISBN | 9781845119188 |
| Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
| Dimensions | 225 x 145 mm |
| Series | History of Persian Literature |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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