Persian Historiography: A History of Persian Literature

by Charles Melville and Ehsan Yarshater

Persian literature is the jewel in the crown of Persian culture. It has profoundly influenced the literatures of Ottoman Turkey, Muslim India and Turkic Central Asia and been a source of inspiration for Goethe, Emerson, Matthew Arnold and Jorge Luis Borges among others. Yet Persian literature has never received the attention it truly deserves. "A History of Persian Literature" answers this need and offers a new, comprehensive and detailed history...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845119118
• ISBN13: 9781845119119
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 784 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"