Poetics and politics of Iran's national epic, the Shahnameh

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Main Author: Omidsalar, Mahmoud 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan 2011
Series:Literatures and cultures of the Islamic world
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Call Number :PK 6459 .O45 2011

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505 0 |a Shāhnāmah and the presumptive authority of the West -- An epic's journey -- At home : the Shāhnāmah in New Persian -- A fierce fidelity: Ferdowsi and his archetype -- Why the Shāhnāmah -- The man in the myths -- The poet, the prince, and the language -- Epic unity : the case against underanalysis -- Sibling rivalry -- Killing demons, deposing kings : the Akvān episode -- Of lusting and ousting -- Conclusion : Shāhnāmah and the tyranny of Eurocenterism 
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