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The world of Persian literary humanism [electronic resource] / Hamid Dabashi.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.Description: x, 372 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 891/.5509 23
LOC classification:
  • PK6412.H86 D33 2012
Online resources:
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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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