Persian historiography
By: edited by Charles Melville ; sponsored by Persian Heritage Foundation (New York) & Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University
Contributors: Persian Heritage Foundation (New York, N.Y.); Columbia University. Center for Iranian Studies
Series: A history of Persian literature -- vol. X; History of Persian literature -- v. 10.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 725
ISBN-13: 9781845119119
Subjects: Historiography; History
Description: "A new History of Persian Literature in 18 Volumes. Persian literature is the jewel in the crown of Persian culture. It has profoundly influenced the literatures of Ottoman Turkey, Muslim India and Turkic Central Asia and been a source of inspiration for Goethe, Emerson, Matthew Arnold and Jorge Luis Borges among others. Yet Persian literature has never received the attention it truly deserves. A History of Persian Literature answers this need and offers a new, comprehensive and detailed history of its subject. This 18-volume, authoritative survey reflects the stature and significance of Persian literature as the single most important accomplishment of the Iranian experience. It includes extensive, revealing examples with contributions by prominent scholars who bring a fresh critical approach to bear on this important topic. This companion volume deals with two of the most under-researched areas of study in the Modern Iranian field: the Persian oral and popular literature of Iran, Tajikistan and Persian-speaking Afghanistan on the one hand; and the written and oral literatures of the Kurds, Pashtuns, Baloch and Ossetians on the other."--Bloomsbury publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references  (p. 611-668) and index.