Orality and textuality in the Iranian world : patterns of interaction across the centuries /
The volume demonstrates the cultural centrality of the oral tradition for Iranian studies. It contains contributions from scholars from various areas of Iranian and comparative studies, among which are the pre-Islamic Zoroastrian tradition with its wide network of influences in late antique Mesopota...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2015]
Series:
Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture
19.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287471.
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Call Number: PK6099 .O74 2015
| Summary: | The volume demonstrates the cultural centrality of the oral tradition for Iranian studies. It contains contributions from scholars from various areas of Iranian and comparative studies, among which are the pre-Islamic Zoroastrian tradition with its wide network of influences in late antique Mesopotamia, notably among the Jewish milieu; classical Persian literature in its manifold genres; medieval Persian history; oral history; folklore and more. The essays in this collection embrace both the pre-Islamic and Islamic periods, both verbal and visual media, as well as various language communities (Middle Persian, Persian, Tajik, Dari) and geographical spaces (Greater Iran in pre-Islamic and Islamic medieval periods; Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan of modern times). Taken as a whole, the essays reveal the unique blending of oral and literate poetics in the texts or visual artefacts each author focuses upon, conceptualizing their interrelationship and function. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 456 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004291973 |
| ISSN: | 1570-078X ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |