Farāmarz, the Sistāni Hero - Texts and Traditions of the Farāmarznāme and the Persian Epic Cycle

In Farāmarz, the Sistāni Hero Marjolijn van Zutphen discusses the role played by the legendary warrior Farāmarz in the shorter and the longer Farāmarznāme, compared to his appearances in several other later epic poems and in Ferdowsi's Shāhnāme.

About the author

Marjolijn van Zutphen earned her doctorate at Leiden University (December 2011). She is currently researching the Persian traditions surrounding Eskandar, within the project Beyond the European Myth. In Search of the Afro-Asiatic Alexander Cycle at the Amsterdam Free University (VU).

Product details

• Authors: Marjolijn van Zutphen
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.2014
• EAN: 9789004268265
• ISBN: 978-90-04-26826-5
• No. of pages: 790
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 48 mm
• Weight: 1316 g
• Series: Studies in Persian Cultural Hi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)