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  • General Introduction to Persian Literature

    History of Persian Literature A, Vol I

    Edited by J.T.P. Bruijn ...
    Series series History of Persian Literature
    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 ... Read more

    $153.99 USD

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  • Lost Enlightenment

    Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane

    by S. Frederick Starr ...
    The forgotten story of Central Asia's enlightenment—its rise, fall, and enduring legacyIn this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia's medieval enlightenment through the eventful lives and astonishing accomplishments of its greatest minds—remarkable figures who built a bridge to the modern world. Because nearly ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Ibn Khaldun

    An Intellectual Biography

    by Robert Irwin ...
    The definitive account of the life and thought of the medieval Arab genius who wrote the MuqaddimaIbn Khaldun (1332–1406) is generally regarded as the greatest intellectual ever to have appeared in the Arab world--a genius who ranks as one of the world's great minds. Yet the author of the Muqaddima, the most important study of history ever produced in the Islamic world, is not as well known as he ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Lost Wisdom

    Rethinking Modernity in Iran

    by Abbas Milani ...
    In the essays collected here, Abbas Milani uses an impressive array of cross-disciplinary Western and Iranian theories and texts to investigate the crucial question of modernity in Iran today. He offers a wealth of new insights into the thousand-year-old conflict in Iran between the search for modernity and the forces of religious obscurantism. The essays trace the roots of Shiite Islamic ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Rumi - Past and Present, East and West

    The Life, Teachings, and Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi

    by Franklin D. Lewis ...
    The definitive study of the world's bestselling poetDrawing on a vast array of sources, from writings of the poet himself to the latest scholarly literature, this new anniversary edition of the award-winning work examines the background, the legacy, and the continuing significance of Jalâl al-Din Rumi, today’s bestselling poet in the United States. With new translations of over fifty of Rumi’s ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Zarathustra

    Myth - Message - History

    by Abolghassem Khamneipur ...
    ZARATHUSTRA WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST historical personalities known to us, and he forever shifted the course of civilization. Nevertheless, publications about him are fragmented and written for specialized academics only, making them incomprehensible to the general public. This book, for the first time, presents an easy and reader-friendly view for the educated general public. It examines its ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Greek Thought, Arabic Culture

    The Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early 'Abbasaid Society (2nd-4th/5th-10th c.)

    by Dimitri Gutas ...
    From the middle of the eighth century to the tenth century, almost all non-literary and non-historical secular Greek books, including such diverse topics as astrology, alchemy, physics, botany and medicine, that were not available throughout the eastern Byzantine Empire and the Near East, were translated into Arabic.Greek Thought, Arabic Culture explores the major social, political and ideological ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Iqbal: Poet, Philosopher, and His Place in World Literature

    by Zafar M. Iqbal ...
    For most Urdu speakers in the Indian subcontinent, Iqbal has long been one of the most loved and admired poets. Much has been written about his poetry and philosophy . This book stays away from his politics. Iqbal first received recognition in the West in 1920 when his translation of Asrar-e-Khudi by R. A. Nicholson (The Secrets of the Self) first appeared. Most of the recurring criticism was on ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Sadeq Hedayat

    His Work and his Wondrous World

    Edited by Homa Katouzian ...
    Series series Iranian Studies
    Featuring contributions from leading scholars of Iranian studies and / or comparative literature, this edited comprehensive and critical edited collection provides detailed scholarly analysis of Hedayat's life and work using a variety of methodological and conceptual approaches.Hedayat is the author of The Blind Owl, the most famous Persian novel both in Iran and in Europe and America. Many of his ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • A Dictionary of Arabic Literary Terms and Devices

    by Marlé Hammond ...
    Series series Oxford Quick Reference
    The Dictionary of Arabic Literary Terms covers the most important literary terms relevant to classical and modern Arabic literature. Its 300+ entries include technical terms and rhetorical devices, themes and motifs, concepts, historical eras, literary schools and movements, forms and genres, figures and institutions. Defining terms such as 'root-play', highlighting schools such as the Mahjar ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • A Cultural History of the Arabic Language

    by Sharron Gu ...
    This history of literary Arabic describes the evolution of Arabic poetry and prose in the context of music, ritual performance, the arts and architecture. The thousands-of-years-old language is perhaps more highly developed and refined than any other on earth.This book focuses on what is unique about Arabic compared to other major languages of the world (Greek, Latin, Hebrew, English and Spanish) ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Language, Memory, and Identity in the Middle East

    The Case for Lebanon

    by Franck Salameh ...
    Since the West's very early flirtations with the modern Near East, and especially in the past 100 years of East-West relations, there has been considerable difficulty in understanding and defining the Middle East, the Arab world, pan-Arabism, Arab nationalism, and Middle Eastern identities in general. The Western impulse of conflating national identity with language, state, and ethnicity—often ... Read more

    $49.39 USD