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Table of Contents:

• Introduction: the making of a literary humanism
• The making of an Iranian world in an Islamic universe: the rise of Persian language and literature (632-750)
• The Persian presence in the Abbasid empire: resisting Arabic literary imperialism (750-1258)
• The prose and poetry of the world: the rise of literary humanism in the Seljuqid empire (1038-1194)
• The triumph of the word: the perils and promises of the Mongol empire (1256-1353)
• The lure and lyrics of a literature: the center and periphery of the Timurid empire (1314-1508)
• The making of a literary cosmopolitanism: treading over multiple empires (1501-1732)
• The dawn of new empires: literary humanism in search of itself (1736-1924)
• The final frontiers: new Persian literary humanism (1906-present)
• Conclusion.

Author/Creator:

Dabashi, Hamid, 1951-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The world of Persian literary humanism [by Dabashi, H.]

Subjects:

Persian literature — History and criticism

Humanism in literature

Persian literature

Genres:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 372 pages)

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

PK6412.H86 D33 2012eb

ISBNs:

9780674066717 [Invalid]
9780674067592 (e-book) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2012022225 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

835789699

Other Control Numbers:

EBC3301169 (source: MiAaPQ)
EBL3301169 (source: Au-PeEL)
ebr10623432 (source: CaPaEBR)