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The Persian Presence in Victorian Poetry / Reza Taher-Kermani.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture : ECSVCPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (240 p.) : 10 B/W illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781474448161
  • 9781474448185
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 820.93255 23
LOC classification:
  • PR129.P38 T34 2020
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editor’s Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Persia in the West -- 2. Persia and Nineteenth-Century English Poetry -- 3. ‘Sohrab and Rustum’ -- 4. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám -- 5. Ferishtah’s Fancies -- Epilogue: The Persian Presence in Victorian Poetry -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: A study of the wealth of meanings that ‘Persia’ – real or imagined – held for Victorian poetryTakes a broad, interdisciplinary approach to a significant strand in the ‘Oriental’ texture of Victorian poetry Contributes to a growing body of research on the process of cultural exchange between the West and the ‘Orient’ Provides the first systematic index of nineteenth-century ‘Persianised’ poemsOffers a distinctive mix of history and literature, dealing with an array of texts, ranging from ancient Greece to nineteenth-century British travel writings The Persian Presence in Victorian Poetry surveys the variety of ways in which Persia, and the multitude of ideological, historical, cultural and political notions that it embodied, were received, circulated and appropriated. Providing the first systematic index of nineteenth-century poems that were in any way involved with Persia, the book explores its presence across a broad range of works incorporating literary, historical and cultural material.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editor’s Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Persia in the West -- 2. Persia and Nineteenth-Century English Poetry -- 3. ‘Sohrab and Rustum’ -- 4. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám -- 5. Ferishtah’s Fancies -- Epilogue: The Persian Presence in Victorian Poetry -- Bibliography -- Index

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A study of the wealth of meanings that ‘Persia’ – real or imagined – held for Victorian poetryTakes a broad, interdisciplinary approach to a significant strand in the ‘Oriental’ texture of Victorian poetry Contributes to a growing body of research on the process of cultural exchange between the West and the ‘Orient’ Provides the first systematic index of nineteenth-century ‘Persianised’ poemsOffers a distinctive mix of history and literature, dealing with an array of texts, ranging from ancient Greece to nineteenth-century British travel writings The Persian Presence in Victorian Poetry surveys the variety of ways in which Persia, and the multitude of ideological, historical, cultural and political notions that it embodied, were received, circulated and appropriated. Providing the first systematic index of nineteenth-century poems that were in any way involved with Persia, the book explores its presence across a broad range of works incorporating literary, historical and cultural material.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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