Memories of an Impossible Future: Mehdi Akhavān Sāles and the Poetics of Time

In Memories of an Impossible Future: Mehdi Akhavān Sāles and the Poetics of Time Marie Huber traces the quest for a modern language of poetry through different figurations of temporality in the works of one of Iran's foremost poets.

About the author

Marie Huber, Ph.D. (2013), Harvard University, is Assistant Professor of Persian and Comparative Literature at Stanford University. Her research focuses on medieval and 20th century Persian literature, poetry and poetics, the intersections of literature with philosophy and ethics, and comparative mysticism.

Product details

• Authors: Marie Huber
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.11.2016
• EAN: 9789004323780
• ISBN: 978-90-04-32378-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 239 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 204 g
• Series: Iran Studies
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous