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A Literary History of Persia: From the Earliest Times Until Firdawsi

A Literary History of Persia: From the Earliest Times Until Firdawsi

Edward G Browne

Paperback

AnthropologyPoetry CriticismGeneral Middle Eastern History

ISBN10: 9353604524
ISBN13: 9789353604523
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 30 2019
Pages: 534
Weight: 1.48
Height: 1.19 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
From Zoroastrian hymns to the grandeur of Firdawsi's Shahnameh, A Literary History of Persia: From the Earliest Times Until Firdawsi unfolds a great panorama of Persian letters. These pages open a world. Edward G. Browne, the distinguished Cambridge historian of Persia, offers a lucid persian literature overview that moves from legendary and pre-Islamic Iran culture through the rise of Islam to the threshold of the great epics. Along the way he explores persian poetry origins, early Islamic literature in Persia, and the formation of a unique literary voice that shaped the medieval Persian literature era and the wider history of Persian literature. Rich in classic Persian literary criticism yet highly readable, this volume serves both as an academic reference in Persian studies and as an engaging narrative for the curious general reader. It remains essential Shahnameh Ferdowsi background reading and a trusted university textbook on Persian literature, valued by linguists, historians, and lovers of epic Persian poetry study alike. Long recognised as the classic Edward G. Browne Persia study of its kind, it illuminates how poets, theologians, and storytellers transformed oral legend into written art, and how Persian writing carried ideas across Central Asia, the Islamic world, and beyond. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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