Iran and French Orientalism: Persia in the Literary Culture of Nineteenth-Century France

by Julia Hartley

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 poetry, historiography, fiction, travel-writing, ballet,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0755645596
• ISBN13: 9780755645596
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"