Remapping Persian Literary History, 1700-1900

by Kevin L. Schwartz

Integrating forgotten tales of literary communities across Iran, Afghanistan and South Asia - at a time when Islamic empires were fracturing and new state formations were emerging - this book offers a more global understanding of Persian literary culture in the 18th and 19th centuries. It challenges the manner in which Iranian nationalism has infilitrated Persian literary history writing and recovers the multi-regional breadth and vibrancy of a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474450857
• ISBN13: 9781474450850
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"