LEADER 03642nam 22006611 450 001 9910786654203321 005 20200124110340.0 010 $a0-85772-356-1 010 $a0-7556-1040-7 010 $a0-85773-653-1 024 7 $a10.5040/9780755610402 035 $a(CKB)3710000000168016 035 $a(EBL)1727402 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001454453 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12606255 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001454453 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11500731 035 $a(PQKB)10598508 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1727402 035 $a(OCoLC)1140123853 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09264906 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1727402 035 $a(OCoLC)883567629 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000168016 100 $a20200131d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe literature of pre-Islamic Iran$hCompanion volume I /$fedited by Ronald E. Emmerick, Maria Macuch 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cI.B. Tauris,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (827 p.) 225 1 $aHistory of Persian literature 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84511-887-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFOREWORD -- PREFACE TO THE PRESENT VOLUME -- AVESTAN LITERATURE (Almut Hintze) -- INSCRIPTIONAL LITERATURE IN OLD AND MIDDLE IRANIAN LANGUAGES (Philip Huyse) -- MANICHAEAN LITERATURE IN IRANIAN LANGUAGES (Werner Sundermann) -- CHRISTIAN LITERATURE IN MIDDLE IRANIAN LANGUAGES (Nicholas Sims-Williams) -- BUDDHIST LITERATURE IN SOGDIAN (Yutaka Yoshida) -- KHOTANESE LITERATURE (Mauro Maggi) -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF TITLES AND TEXTS -- CONTRIBUTORS. 330 $a"Persian literature is the jewel in the crown of Persian culture. It has profoundly influenced the literatures of Ottoman Turkey, Muslim India and Turkic Central Asia and been a source of inspiration for Goethe, Emerson, Matthew Arnold and Jorge Luis Borges among others. Yet Persian literature has never received the attention it truly deserves. A History of Persian Literature answers this need and offers a new, comprehensive and detailed history of its subject. This 18-volume, authoritative survey reflects the stature and significance of Persian literature as the single most important accomplishment of the Iranian experience. The main object of this companion volume is to provide an overview of the most important extant literary sources in Old and Middle Iranian languages - the languages of the Achaemenid, Parthian and Sasanian periods culminating in the rich resource of Pahlavi Persian which fed so directly into the language of the later great Persian poets. It will be an indispensable source for the literary traditions of pre-Islamic Iran and an invaluable guide to the subject."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 410 0$aHistory of Persian literature. 606 $aPahlavi literature 606 $aPersian literature 606 $aLiterary studies: classical, early & medieval$2BIC 615 0$aPahlavi literature. 615 0$aPersian literature. 615 7$aLiterary studies: classical, early & medieval. 676 $a295.82 702 $aEmmerick$b R. E. 702 $aMacuch$b Maria 712 02$aPersian Heritage Foundation (New York, N.Y.), 712 02$aCenter for Iranian Studies, Columbia University, 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786654203321 996 $aThe literature of pre-Islamic Iran$93818908 997 $aUNINA