Urdu and Indo-Persian Thought, Poetics, and Belles Lettres

Urdu and Indo-Persian Thought, Poetics, and Belles Lettres, is a collection on the subject of Urdu poetics, Dastan, translation studies in Urdu, and Indo-Persian. The essays employ interdisciplinary perspectives for exploring the dynamic literary landscape of the South Asian subcontinent since the sixteenth century.

About the author

Alireza Korangy, Ph.D. (2007), Harvard University, is currently the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Persian Literature (Penn State University Press) and acting president of Societas Philologica Persica. His recent monograph is Development of the Ghazal and Khaqani's Contribution: A Study of the Development of Ghazal and a Literary Exegesis of a 12th c. Poetic Harbinger (Harrassowitz, 2013). His upcoming monograph is an examination of the literary dimensions of martyrdom in Iran.

Product details

• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.06.2017
• EAN: 9789004251885
• ISBN: 978-90-04-25188-5
• No. of pages: 292
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 544 g
• Series: Brill's Indological Library
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous