Ferdowsi’s Shahnama - Millennial Perspectives

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.

Summary

The Shahnama or Book of Kings glorifies the spectacular achievements of Iranian civilization from its mythologized beginnings to the time of the Arab Conquest. Ferdowsi's Shahnama: Millennial Perspectives takes a fresh look at the reception of Ferdowsi's poetry, especially in the twelfth through fifteenth centuries.

Product details

• Authors: Olga M Davidson, Olga M. Davidson
• Assisted by: Olga M. Davidson (Editor), Marianna Shreve Simpson (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.12.2013
• EAN: 9780674726802
• ISBN: 978-0-674-72680-2
• No. of pages: 124
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 229 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 206 g
• Illustrations: 13 halftones
• Series: Ilex Series; Ilex Series; Hellenic Studies - Ilex (HUP)
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies