Shahnama Studies: The Reception of Firdausi's Shahnama /

Name: Shahnama Studies: The Reception of Firdausi's Shahnama /
Author: Melville, C. P. 1951-,Van den Berg, Gabrielle Rachel, 1967-

Title	Shahnama Studies: The Reception of Firdausi's Shahnama /
Author	Melville, C. P. 1951-,Van den Berg, Gabrielle Rachel, 1967-
Publication Date:	2012
Publication Place	Leiden ; Boston - Brill
Subject	Firdausi. >Shahnam:
Type	Book
Language	Undetermined
Digital	No
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	316
Physical Dimensions	1 online resource (xx, 316 pages, [26] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Library:	American Research Center in Egypt - ARCE
Library Asset ID	Unknown
Record ID	40339
Library Location	ARCE Library
Date	2012
Notes	Includes index. \| Includes bibliographical references and index. \| This volume explores different aspects of the reception of Firdausi's Shahnama or 'Book of Kings', both within Iran and in neighbouring lands. Later poets and writers not only looked to Firdausi's work for a model, but supplemented its stories with other narratives or absorbed the characters and the moral values of the poem into their own works. Several chapters focus on the literary traditions fed by the Shahnama , including reports of the continuing oral performances of its more popular stories. Others discuss Firdausi's impact on the creative imagination of the miniature painters who illustrated manuscript copies of the Shahnama in the courts of the Ottoman Empire, Moghul India, and the Central Asia Khanates up till the seventeenth century. Contributors include Gabrielle van den Berg, Francesca Leoni, Farhad Mehran, Bilha Moor, Adeela Qureshi, Ravshan Rahmoni, Julia Rubanovich, Karin Ruehrdanz, Jan Schmidt, Ivan Steblin-Kamenski, Zeren Tanindi, Lâle Uluç, Evangelos Venetis, Olga Yastrebova, and Marjolijn van Zutphen.
Sample Text	This volume explores different aspects of the reception of Firdausi's Shahnama or 'Book of Kings', both within Iran and in neighbouring lands. Later poets and writers not only looked to Firdausi's work for a model, but supplemented its stories with other narratives or absorbed the characters and the moral values of the poem into their own works. Several chapters focus on the literary traditions fed by the Shahnama , including reports of the continuing oral performances of its more popular stories. Others discuss Firdausi's impact on the creative imagination of the miniature painters who illustrated manuscript copies of the Shahnama in the courts of the Ottoman Empire, Moghul India, and the Central Asia Khanates up till the seventeenth century. Contributors include Gabrielle van den Berg, Francesca Leoni, Farhad Mehran, Bilha Moor, Adeela Qureshi, Ravshan Rahmoni, Julia Rubanovich, Karin Ruehrdanz, Jan Schmidt, Ivan Steblin-Kamenski, Zeren Tanindi, Lâle Uluç, Evangelos Venetis, Olga Yastrebova, and Marjolijn van Zutphen.
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Seri	Studies in Persian Cultural History2.Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223295.

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Shahnama Studies: The Reception of Firdausi's Shahnama /

Author Melville, C. P. 1951-,Van den Berg, Gabrielle Rachel, 1967-

Publication Date 2012

Publication Place Leiden ; Boston - Brill

Subject Firdausi. >Shahnam:

Type Book

Language Undetermined

Digital No

Manuscript No

Pages Count 316

Physical Dimensions 1 online resource (xx, 316 pages, [26] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)

Library American Research Center in Egypt - ARCE

Library Asset ID Unknown

Record ID 40339

Library Location ARCE Library

Date 2012

Notes Includes index. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | This volume explores different aspects of the reception of Firdausi's Shahnama or 'Book of Kings', both within Iran and in neighbouring lands. Later poets and writers not only looked to Firdausi's work for a model, but supplemented its stories with other narratives or absorbed the characters and the moral values of the poem into their own works. Several chapters focus on the literary traditions fed by the Shahnama , including reports of the continuing oral performances of its more popular stories. Others discuss Firdausi's impact on the creative imagination of the miniature painters who illustrated manuscript copies of the Shahnama in the courts of the Ottoman Empire, Moghul India, and the Central Asia Khanates up till the seventeenth century. Contributors include Gabrielle van den Berg, Francesca Leoni, Farhad Mehran, Bilha Moor, Adeela Qureshi, Ravshan Rahmoni, Julia Rubanovich, Karin Ruehrdanz, Jan Schmidt, Ivan Steblin-Kamenski, Zeren Tanindi, Lâle Uluç, Evangelos Venetis, Olga Yastrebova, and Marjolijn van Zutphen.

Sample Text This volume explores different aspects of the reception of Firdausi's Shahnama or 'Book of Kings', both within Iran and in neighbouring lands. Later poets and writers not only looked to Firdausi's work for a model, but supplemented its stories with other narratives or absorbed the characters and the moral values of the poem into their own works. Several chapters focus on the literary traditions fed by the Shahnama , including reports of the continuing oral performances of its more popular stories. Others discuss Firdausi's impact on the creative imagination of the miniature painters who illustrated manuscript copies of the Shahnama in the courts of the Ottoman Empire, Moghul India, and the Central Asia Khanates up till the seventeenth century. Contributors include Gabrielle van den Berg, Francesca Leoni, Farhad Mehran, Bilha Moor, Adeela Qureshi, Ravshan Rahmoni, Julia Rubanovich, Karin Ruehrdanz, Jan Schmidt, Ivan Steblin-Kamenski, Zeren Tanindi, Lâle Uluç, Evangelos Venetis, Olga Yastrebova, and Marjolijn van Zutphen.

Erişim Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Seri Studies in Persian Cultural History2.Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223295.