The Persian Alexander : the first complete English translation of the Iskandarnama / translated by Evangelos Venetis.

Title	The Persian Alexander : the first complete English translation of the Iskandarnama / translated by Evangelos Venetis.
Publication Date:	2017
Publication Place	London ; New York - Bloomsbury Publishing
Type	Book
Language	eng,fas
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	381
Library:	University of Bielefeld Library
Record ID	991025862119306442
Date	2017
Notes	"Alexander the Great (356-333 BC) was to capture the imagination of his contemporaries and future generations. His image abounds in various cultures and literatures - Eastern and Western - and spread around the globe through oral and literary media at an astonishing rate during late antiquity and the early Islamic period. The first Iskandarnama, or 'The Book of Alexander', now held in a private collection in Tehran, is the oldest prose version of the Alexander romance in the Persian tradition. Thought to have been written at some point between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries by an unknown author, the lively narrative recasts Alexander as Iskandar, a Muslim champion - a king and prophet, albeit flawed but heroic, and remarkably appropriated to Islam, though the historic Alexander lived and died some 1,000 years before the birth of the faith. This new English translation of the under-studied text is the first to be presented unabridged and sheds fresh light onto the shape and structure of this vital document.In so doing it invites a reconsideration of the transformation of a Western historical figure - and one-time mortal enemy of Persia - into a legendary hero adopted by Iranian historiographic myth-making. Evangelos Venetis, the translator, also offers a textual analysis, providing much-needed context and explanations on both content and subsequent reception. This landmark publication will be invaluable to students and scholars of classical Persian literature, ancient and medieval history and Middle East studies, as well as to anyone studying the Alexander tradition."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Baskı	First edition.
İlgili kişiler	Venetēs, Euangelos
ISBN	9781350989085 1350989088 9781838609597 1838609598

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The Persian Alexander : the first complete English translation of the Iskandarnama / translated by Evangelos Venetis.

Publication Date 2017

Publication Place London ; New York - Bloomsbury Publishing

Type Book

Language eng,fas

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 381

Library University of Bielefeld Library

Record ID 991025862119306442

Date 2017

Notes "Alexander the Great (356-333 BC) was to capture the imagination of his contemporaries and future generations. His image abounds in various cultures and literatures - Eastern and Western - and spread around the globe through oral and literary media at an astonishing rate during late antiquity and the early Islamic period. The first Iskandarnama, or 'The Book of Alexander', now held in a private collection in Tehran, is the oldest prose version of the Alexander romance in the Persian tradition. Thought to have been written at some point between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries by an unknown author, the lively narrative recasts Alexander as Iskandar, a Muslim champion - a king and prophet, albeit flawed but heroic, and remarkably appropriated to Islam, though the historic Alexander lived and died some 1,000 years before the birth of the faith. This new English translation of the under-studied text is the first to be presented unabridged and sheds fresh light onto the shape and structure of this vital document.In so doing it invites a reconsideration of the transformation of a Western historical figure - and one-time mortal enemy of Persia - into a legendary hero adopted by Iranian historiographic myth-making. Evangelos Venetis, the translator, also offers a textual analysis, providing much-needed context and explanations on both content and subsequent reception. This landmark publication will be invaluable to students and scholars of classical Persian literature, ancient and medieval history and Middle East studies, as well as to anyone studying the Alexander tradition."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Baskı First edition.

İlgili kişiler Venetēs, Euangelos

ISBN 9781350989085 1350989088 9781838609597 1838609598