Martyrdom, Mysticism and Dissent : : The Poetry of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) / / Asghar Seyed-Gohrab.
This book is the first extensive research on the role of poetry during the Iranian Revolution (1979) and the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988). How can poetry, especially peaceful medieval Sufi poems, be applied to exalt violence, to present death as martyrdom, and to process war traumas? Examining poetry b...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies on Modern Orient ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XXII, 291 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Translations, Transliterations and Footnotes
- Preface
- Outline of the Book
- 1 Towards Justifying Violence
- 2 ‘The Scent of Martyrdom’
- 3 Qeyṣar Amīnpūr on War
- 4 Love in Persian War Poetry
- 5 “In the Trenches of my Small Room…” Ideologically Committed Children’s Poetry
- 6 Sīmīn Bihbahānī on the 1979 Revolution and Iran-Iraq War
- 7 Nādir Nādirpūr on the 1979 Revolution
- 8 Iran and Saudi Arabia
- 9 Conclusion: Making Death Meaningful
- Bibliography
- Index