The Necklace of the Pleiades : 24 Essays on Persian Literature, Culture and Religion.
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, bu...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Leiden University Press,
2010
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| Series: | Iranian Studies Series.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| 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 linguistic. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (391 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9789400600096 9400600097 1283231921 9781283231923 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
