{"product_id":"the-shahnameh-the-persian-epic-as-world-literature-9780231183444","title":"The Shahnameh: The Persian Epic as World Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eShahnameh\u003c\/i\u003e, an epic poem recounting the foundation of Iran across mythical, heroic, and historical ages, is the beating heart of Persian literature and culture. Composed by Abu al-Qasem Ferdowsi over a thirty-year period and completed in the year 1010, the epic has entertained generations of readers and profoundly shaped Persian culture, society, and politics. For a millennium, Iranian and Persian-speaking people around the globe have read, memorized, discussed, performed, adapted, and loved the poem. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, Hamid Dabashi brings the \u003ci\u003eShahnameh\u003c\/i\u003e to renewed global attention, encapsulating a lifetime of learning and teaching the Persian epic for a new generation of readers. Dabashi insightfully traces the epic's history, authorship, poetic significance, complicated legacy of political uses and abuses, and enduring significance in colonial and postcolonial contexts. In addition to explaining and celebrating what makes the \u003ci\u003eShahnameh\u003c\/i\u003e such a distinctive literary work, he also considers the poem in the context of other epics, such as the \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, and critical debates about the concept of world literature. Arguing that Ferdowsi's epic and its reception broached this idea long before nineteenth-century Western literary criticism, Dabashi makes a powerful case that we need to rethink the very notion of \"world literature\" in light of his reading of the Persian epic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hamid Dabashi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231183444","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710653141129,"sku":"9780231183444","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_545aaf09-1e1e-4bb4-a292-476c6bf1327a.jpg?v=1719540855","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-shahnameh-the-persian-epic-as-world-literature-9780231183444","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}