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Ferdowsi´s Shahnama : Millennial Perspectives
Olga M. Davidson
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Description for Ferdowsi´s Shahnama : Millennial Perspectives
Paperback. Glorifies the spectacular achievements of Iranian civilization from its mythologized beginnings to the time of the Arab Conquest. This book takes a fresh look at the reception of Ferdowsi's poetry, especially in the twelfth through fifteenth centuries. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 120 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 8. Weight in Grams: 206.
Ferdowsi's Shahnama: Millennial Perspectives celebrates the ongoing reception, over the last thousand years, of a masterpiece of classical Persian poetry. The epic of the Shahnama or Book of Kings glorifies the spectacular achievements of Iranian civilization from its mythologized beginnings all the way to the historical time of the Arab Conquest, when the notionally unbroken sequence of Iranian shahs came to an end. The poet Hakim Abu'l-Qasim, who composed this epic, was renamed Ferdowsi or the man of Paradise in recognition of his immortalizing artistic accomplishment. Even now, over a thousand years after his death in 1010 ... Read more
Ferdowsi's Shahnama: Millennial Perspectives celebrates the ongoing reception, over the last thousand years, of a masterpiece of classical Persian poetry. The epic of the Shahnama or Book of Kings glorifies the spectacular achievements of Iranian civilization from its mythologized beginnings all the way to the historical time of the Arab Conquest, when the notionally unbroken sequence of Iranian shahs came to an end. The poet Hakim Abu'l-Qasim, who composed this epic, was renamed Ferdowsi or the man of Paradise in recognition of his immortalizing artistic accomplishment. Even now, over a thousand years after his death in 1010 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Ilex Series
Condition
New
Weight
206g
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674726802
SKU
V9780674726802
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About Olga M. Davidson
Olga M. Davidson is a Faculty Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations at Boston University. Marianna Shreve Simpson is a visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania.
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