The Ant's Gift: A Study of the Shahnameh - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Dick Davis (Translator), Shahrokh MeskoobSeries:Middle East Literature in TranslationPublish date:2021-07-09Pages:248
Language:EnglishPublisher:Syracuse University PressISBN-13:9780815637080ISBN-10:081563708XUPC:9780815637080Book Category:Literary Criticism, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Middle Eastern, Middle East, Islamic StudiesBook Topic:IranSize:8.90 x 7.70 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCF4KEGA6E
The Ant's Gift: A Study of the Shahnameh
Shahrokh Meskoob was one of Iran's leading intellectuals and a preeminent scholar of Persian literary traditions, language, and cultural identity. In The Ant's Gift, Meskoob applies his insight and considerable analytical skills to the Shahnameh, the national epic of Iran completed in 1010 by the poet Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi. Tracing Iran's history from its first mythical king to the fall of the...
Series: Middle East Literature in Translation
Language:EnglishPublisher:Syracuse University PressISBN-13:9780815637080ISBN-10:081563708XUPC:9780815637080Book Category:Literary Criticism, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Middle Eastern, Middle East, Islamic StudiesBook Topic:IranSize:8.90 x 7.70 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCF4KEGA6E
Shahrokh Meskoob (1924-2005) was a translator, writer, scholar, and one of the most influential public intellectuals in Iran. He published translations of Sophocles's Antigone and Oedipus Rex, and Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath. He is the author of In the Alley of the Friend: On the Poetry of Hafez.
Dick Davis is a poet, author, translator, and emeritus professor of Persian at Ohio State University....Publisher: Syracuse University Press
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