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The necklace of the Pleiades : studies in Persian literature presented to Heshmat Moayyad on his 80th birthday : 24 essays on Persian literature, culture and religion / F.D. Lewis and S. Sharma (eds.).

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Persian Series: Iranian studies series (Leiden, Netherlands)Publication details: Leiden : Leiden University Press, [2010], ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (380 pages) : portraitContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789400600096
  • 9400600097
  • 1283231921
  • 9781283231923
  • 9786613231925
  • 6613231924
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Necklace of the Pleiades.DDC classification:
  • 800 22
LOC classification:
  • PK6408 .N435 2010eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
The Necklace of the Pleiades; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF HESHMAT MOAYYAD; I. Alexander Romance; II. The Epic Cycle; III. Religious Texts and Contexts; IV. The Poetic Text and Central Motifs; V. Center and Periphery; IV. The Modern Period; Backlist Iranian Studies Series
Summary: "The necklace of the Pleiades" is a volume on Persian literature, culture and religion by Persian scholars from around the world. This book reflects the state of the field of Persian literary studies and will be of substantial interest not only to scholars of Iranian culture, history and religions, but of Middle Eastern and South Asian studies, as well. The topics of the 24 essays range from the Persian Alexander romance, to Ferdowsi's Shahnama and other epics, the poetics and imagery of the ghazal and the qasida, Mughal court poetry, Sufism, Ismaili history, Baha'i literature, Iranian linguistics, the modern writer Sadeq Hedayat, and the reception of Salman Rushdie's novel in Persian translation.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)384589

"The necklace of the Pleiades" is a volume on Persian literature, culture and religion by Persian scholars from around the world. This book reflects the state of the field of Persian literary studies and will be of substantial interest not only to scholars of Iranian culture, history and religions, but of Middle Eastern and South Asian studies, as well. The topics of the 24 essays range from the Persian Alexander romance, to Ferdowsi's Shahnama and other epics, the poetics and imagery of the ghazal and the qasida, Mughal court poetry, Sufism, Ismaili history, Baha'i literature, Iranian linguistics, the modern writer Sadeq Hedayat, and the reception of Salman Rushdie's novel in Persian translation.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

The Necklace of the Pleiades; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF HESHMAT MOAYYAD; I. Alexander Romance; II. The Epic Cycle; III. Religious Texts and Contexts; IV. The Poetic Text and Central Motifs; V. Center and Periphery; IV. The Modern Period; Backlist Iranian Studies Series

English.