In Iran, since the mid-nineteenth century, one issue has been a common concern: how should Iran become modern? More than a century of struggle for or against modernity has constituted much of the soci
In this contribution to understanding the ideological presuppositions underpinning literature, the author introduces and applies his episodic literary movement model for understanding literary history
Critical approaches to the study of topics related to Persian literature and Iranian culture have evolved in recent decades. The essays included in this volume collectively demonstrate the most recent
With resurgent interest in the Muslim world and in particular political Islam, this collection of original essays by major Muslim thinkers from the Middle East and South Asia demonstrates the ongoing
Touba struggles with developing her identity and sense of independence over eight decades in an Iran that sees significant political and social change during the same span of time.
Ten essays situate the life of major Iranian modernist poet Nima Yushij (1897-1960) firmly in the context of 20th-century Iranian history. In the 1920s he wrote his first modernist poems, and also beg
The contributors to this timely volume explore the philosophical underpinnings and cinematic techniques characteristic of contemporary Iranian film. Collectively, they demonstrate how the pervasive th
“[With this] bold, insightful novel . . . Parsipur makes a stylishly original contribution to modern feminist literature.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)“Parsipur should be admired both as a coura
These essays grew from a symposium at Princeton U. in 1998 held to honor the memory of K. Allin Luther. The epic 12th-century works of Nizami were composed during a period of cultural florescence, and
