The Sistani cycle of epics and Iran's national history : : on the margins of historiography / / by Saghi Gazerani.
This work examines the entire corpus of the Sistani Cycle of Epics , both parts included in Ferdowsi’s Shāhnāmeh and those appearing in separate manuscripts. It argues that the so-called “epic literature” of Iran constitutes a kind of historiography, encapsulating reflections of watershed events of...
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| Superior document: | Studies in Persian Cultural History, Volume 7 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016. ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Persian cultural history ;
Volume 7. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (250 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 The Historical Context
- 2 The Appropriation of an Avestan Hero and the Birth of the House of Rostam
- 3 The Zenith of Suren Power
- 4 The Downtrodden Sistani Heroes
- 5 The Polemics of Making Heroes and Anti-Heroes
- Epilogue
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Figures
- Bibliography
- Index.