Iran and French Orientalism: Persia in the Literary Culture of Nineteenth-Century France - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:I. B. Tauris & CompanyISBN-13:9780755645596ISBN-10:755645596UPC:9780755645596Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:European, Modern, Middle EastBook Topic:French, 19th Century, IranSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.69 inchesWeight:1.3118Product ID:SCXD9ZWZ1G
Iran and French Orientalism: Persia in the Literary Culture of Nineteenth-Century France
New translations of Persian literature into French, the invention of the Aryan myth, increased travel between France and Iran, and the unveiling of artefacts from ancient Susa at the Louvre Museum are among the factors that radically altered France's perception of Iran during the long nineteenth century. And this is reflected in the literary culture of the period. In an ambitious study spanning...
Language:EnglishPublisher:I. B. Tauris & CompanyISBN-13:9780755645596ISBN-10:755645596UPC:9780755645596Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:European, Modern, Middle EastBook Topic:French, 19th Century, IranSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.69 inchesWeight:1.3118Product ID:SCXD9ZWZ1G
Julia Hartley is a Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Glasgow. She was previously Laming Fellow at the Queen's College Oxford and Edward W. Said Visiting Fellow at Columbia University. She is the author of Reading Dante and Proust by Analogy (2019) and peer-reviewed articles in Iranian Studies and Nineteenth-Century French Studies.
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