The world of Persian literary humanism, Hamid Dabashi

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The world of Persian literary humanism, Hamid Dabashi

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Hamid Dabashi

Instantiates

• The world of Persian literary humanism

Publication

• Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, c2012

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-357) and index

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volume

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• nc

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rdacarrier

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text

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• txt

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rdacontent

Contents

Introduction: the making of a literary humanism -- The dawn of an Iranian world in an Islamic universe: the rise of Persian language and literature (632-750) -- The Persian presence in the early Islamic empires: 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 (1370-1506) -- The contours 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

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ocn792886557

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25 cm.

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x, 372 pages

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9780674066717

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(hbk.)

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2012022225

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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• n

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u854864