Homa Katouzian

Sadeq Hedayat (eBook, PDF)

The Life and Legend of an Iranian Writer

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Sadeq Hedayat is the most famous and the most enigmatic Iranian writer of the 20th century. This book is the first comprehensive study of Hedayat's life and works set against the background of literary and political developments in a rapidly changing Iran over the first half of the 20th century. Katouzian discusses Hedayat's life and times and the literary and political circles with which he was associated. But he also emphasises the uniqueness and universality of his ideas that have both influenced and set Hedayat apart from other Iranian writers of the period and that have given him a mystique that has been instrumental in his posthumous success with acclaimed works such as The Blind Owl.
This second edition is fully revised and updated to reflect on recent debates and scholarship on Sadeq Hadeyat.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780755642144
• Artikelnr.: 62779335

Autorenporträt

Homa Katouzian is the Roshan Cultural Institute Academic Visitor in Iranian Studies, St Antony's College, and Member of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to Second Edition Chapter 1. Hedayat and Modern Persian Literature
Chapter 2. Early Years Chapter 3. Hedayat in Europe Chapter 4. Life and
Labour in the Golden Era Chapter 5. Iranian Culture and Romantic
Nationalism Chapter 6. Iranian Culture and Critical Realism Chapter 7. The
Blind Owl: A Critical Exposition Chapter 8. The Origins of The Blind Owl
Chapter 9. Hopes and Despairs Chapter 10. Hajjis and Workers Chapter 11.
Satire and Depression Chapter 12. The Trial: The Message of Hedayat Chapter
13. The Execution: Hedayat's Suicide Chapter 14. The Legend and the Man
Index