Hamid Dabashi

Imagine a Nation

Six Persian Poets in Search of a Homeland

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Produktbeschreibung

A critical and theoretical interpretation of six major modern Persian poets and the idea of a homeland, by Hamid Dabashi

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 159mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9780755655625
• ISBN-10: 0755655621
• Artikelnr.: 74982777

Autorenporträt

Hamid Dabashi is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, USA. He is the author of over 25 books and focuses on the social and intellectual history of Iran and Islam, both classical and contemporary. Among his most recent books are Reversing the Colonial Gaze: Persian Travelers Abroad (2019), The Last Muslim Intellectual: The Life and Legacy of Jalal Al-e Ahmad (2021), and An Iranian Childhood: Rethinking History and Memory (2023). He is a prominent commentator on global affairs, writing regularly for Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye, and other news outlets.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Imagine a Nation
Chapter One Nima Yushij: The Archetypal Event
Chapter Two Mehdi Akhavan-e Sales: Remembrance of Things Past
Chapter Three Ahmad Shamlou: The Troubadour of a Homeland to Come
Chapter Four Forough Farrokhzad: The Poetics of the Present
Chapter Five Sohrab Sepehri: A Metapoetic of Presence
Chapter Six Esmail Kho'i: The Voice from Nowhereville
Conclusion Six Persian Poets in Search of a Homeland