Talattof, Kamran.

The politics of writing in Iran: a history of modern Persian literature / Kamran Talattof. - 1st ed. - Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2000. - xi, 250 p. ; 24 cm.

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Michigan, 1996.

Introduction: Episodic Literary Movement - A Model for Understanding Literary History -- Persianism: The Ideology of Literary Revolution in the Early Twentieth Century -- Revolutionary Literature: The Committed Literary Movement in the Decades Before the 1979 Revolution -- Revolution and Literature: The Rise of the Islamic Literary Movement after the 1979 Revolution -- Feminist Discourse in Postrevolutionary Women's Literature -- Conclusion: Applicability of Episodic Literary Movement in Arabic and Turkish Literature. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

0815628188 (cloth : alk. paper) 0815628196 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Persian literature--History and criticism.
Politics and literature--History--Iran
Literature and society--History--Iran
Literary movements--Iran.

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