| Essays on Nima Yushij: Animating Modernism in Persian Poetry Contributor(s): Karimi-Hakkak, Ahmad (Editor), Talattof, Kamran (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004138099 ISBN-13: 9789004138094 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $169.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: Through several groundbreaking critical articles on the question of poetic modernity in Persian new verse, this book focuses on the life and works of Nima Yushij (1887-1960), a major modernist Iranian poet. The articles situate Nima's life firmly within the context of early 20th century Iranian history. They are framed by a brief introduction in which the various contributions are related to each other and to various trends in poetic modernism in the Persian language, and a bibliography that lists all of Nima's works and the major studies of his life and work, both in Persian and in various Western languages. The book fills a gap in the history of Persian literature that has long endured due to the resistance of such a tradition-bound culture to the modernization of its poetry.
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern |
| Dewey: 891.551 |
| LCCN: 2004050326 |
| Series: Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.36" W x 9.62" (1.39 lbs) 267 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
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| Publisher Description: Through several groundbreaking critical articles on the question of poetic modernity in Persian new verse, this book focuses on the life and works of Nima Yushij (1887-1960), a major modernist Iranian poet. The articles situate Nima's life firmly within the context of early 20th century Iranian history. They are framed by a brief introduction in which the various contributions are related to each other and to various trends in poetic modernism in the Persian language, and a bibliography that lists all of Nima's works and the major studies of his life and work, both in Persian and in various Western languages. The book fills a gap in the history of Persian literature that has long endured due to the resistance of such a tradition-bound culture to the modernization of its poetry. |
