Edward G. Browne

A Literary History of Persia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Volume Two of A Literary History of Persia looks at the early medieval period and in particular on the poet Saadi (1184 1283).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 584
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 813g
• ISBN-13: 9780521116824
• ISBN-10: 0521116821
• Artikelnr.: 26394739

Inhaltsangabe

1. Retrospective and introductory
2. The Ghaznawi period, until the death of Sultan Mahmud
3. The Early Seljuq period, from the rise of Tughril Beg till the death of Malikshah, including the origin of the order of the Assassins
4. The literature of the early Seljuq period: the Nidhamu'l-Mulk and his contemporaries
5. The period of Sanjar and his brothers
6. The four great poets of the late twelfth century, Anwari, Khaqani, Nidhami of Ganja and Dhahir of Faryab
7. The empire of Khwarazm and the Mongol invasion, until the fall of Baghdad and the extinction of the caliphate
8. Writers of the earlier Mongol period
9. Faridu'd-Din Attar, Jalalud-Din Rumi, and Sadi, and some lesser poets of this period
Index.