The Sistani cycle of epics and Iran's national history : on the margins of historiography /
This work examines the entire corpus of the Sistani Cycle of Epics , both parts included in Ferdowsi's Shāhnāmeh and those appearing in separate manuscripts. It argues that the so-called "epic literature" of Iran constitutes a kind of historiography, encapsulating reflections of water...
المؤلف الرئيسي:
التنسيق: كتاب الكتروني
اللغة: English
منشور في:
Boston ; Leiden :
Brill,
[2015]
سلاسل:
Studies in Persian Cultural History
7.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287464.
الموضوعات:
الوصول للمادة أونلاين: Login to view Source
الوسوم: إضافة وسم
رقم الطلب: DS271.5 .G39 2015
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 The Historical Context
- 2 The Appropriation of an Avestan Hero and the Birth of the House of Rostam
- 3 The Zenith of Suren Power
- 4 The Downtrodden Sistani Heroes
- 5 The Polemics of Making Heroes and Anti-Heroes
- Epilogue
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Figures
- Bibliography
- Index.