02042nam a2200337 a 4500 ebr10623432 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 120606s2012 mau sb 001 0 eng d 2012022225 9780674066717 9780674067592 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)818317938 a-ir--- PK6412.H86 D33 2012eb 891/.5509 23 Dabashi, Hamid, 1951- The world of Persian literary humanism [electronic resource] / Hamid Dabashi. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012. x, 372 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: the making of a literary humanism -- The making of an Iranian world in an Islamic universe: the rise of Persian language and literature (632-750) -- The Persian presence in the Abbasid empire: resisting Arabic literary imperialism (750-1258) -- The prose and poetry of the world: the rise of literary humanism in the Seljuqid empire (1038-1194) -- The triumph of the word: the perils and promises of the Mongol empire (1256-1353) -- The lure and lyrics of a literature: the center and periphery of the Timurid empire (1314-1508) -- The making of a literary cosmopolitanism: treading over multiple empires (1501-1732) -- The dawn of new empires: literary humanism in search of itself (1736-1924) -- The final frontiers: new Persian literary humanism (1906-present) -- Conclusion. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Persian literature History and criticism. Humanism in literature. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10623432 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 159237 159238