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Persian Myths & Legends Dr. Sahba Shayani

Persian Myths & Legends By Dr. Sahba Shayani

Persian Myths & Legends by Dr. Sahba Shayani


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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 Ma'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.

Persian Myths & Legends Summary

Persian Myths & Legends: Tales of Heroes, Gods & Monsters by Dr. Sahba Shayani

Gorgeous Collector's Edition. From such texts as the Shah Nameh (the Persian Book of Kings), Masnavi-e Ma'navi, the Anvar-i Suhayli fables and works by the great poet Nizami, come ancient tales of a civilization that once stretched across the known world. Find here the wonderful stories of the magical bird the Simurgh, the Seven Labours of Rustem, the evil demon onager-giant Akwan Diw and the tragic romance of Laili and Majnun. Persian literature is amongst the most beautiful and inventive of all cultures, offering a joyful read of creation, love and conquest.

Flame Tree Collector's Editions present the foundations of speculative fiction, authors, myths and tales without which the imaginative literature of the twentieth century would not exist, bringing the best, most influential and most fascinating works into a striking and collectable library. Each book features a new introduction and a Glossary of Terms.

About Dr. Sahba Shayani

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 Shahnameh (1010 CE), Gorgani's Vis o Ramin (1050-1055 CE) and Nezami'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.

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NGR9781804173251
9781804173251
1804173258
Persian Myths & Legends: Tales of Heroes, Gods & Monsters by Dr. Sahba Shayani
New
Hardback
Flame Tree Publishing
2023-01-10
416
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