Persian Myths & Legends

Tales of Heroes, Gods & Monsters
Herausgeber: Jackson, J. K.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Gorgeous Collector's Edition. The great works of Persia contain some of the most beautiful language in the literary world. The Shah Nameh, Masnavi-e Maâ navi, the Anvar-i Suhayli fables and more, rival Dante's Divine Comedy, India's Mahabharata and Sumeria's Epic of Gilgamesh in their cultural impact, bringing to life the tales of Ancient Persia.

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Produktdetails

• Flame Tree Collector's Editions
• Verlag: Flame Tree Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 171mm x 115mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9781804173251
• ISBN-10: 1804173258
• Artikelnr.: 64264496

Autorenporträt

Dr. Sahba Shayani is Senior Lecturer in Persian at the University of Oxford. He holds a PhD in Persian literature from the University of California, Los Angeles. His research focuses on the role of women and women's agency in premodern Persian epic romance poetry, specifically Ferdowsi’s Shāhnāmeh (1010 CE), Gorgāni’s Vis o Rāmin (1050–1055 CE) and Nezāmi’s Khosrow o Shirin (1191 CE). Jackson is General Editor of The World's Greatest Myths and Legends series, with titles including 'Myths of Babylon', 'Indian Myth', 'Egyptian Myth', 'Norse Myth' and 'Polynesian Island Myth'. He is editor of 'Myths and Legends' and foreword writer for 'Celtic Myths and Tales'. Other related work includes articles on the Philosophy of Time, 'Macbeth, A Gothic Chaos' and William Blake's use of mythology in his visionary literature.