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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak. A Fire of Lilies: Perspectives on Literature and Politics in Modern Iran in the group
Poetics and Poetry on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months agoAs Seyed-Gohrab rightly mentions in the introduction to this volume, “poets and writers are so essential in the turbulent history of twentieth-century Iran that any history of modern Iran neglecting the role of literature … would be seriously incomplete” (14). This volume, focusing on the second half of the twentieth century, provides a his…[Read more]
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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited Niloofar Haeri. Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women, Prayer and Poetry in Iran in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months agoThrough offering an ethnography of a group of educated, middle-class women who “had been attending weekly Qur’an and classical poetry classes for years” (xii), the volume shows that poetry and prayer are companions in the cultural history of Iran. It attempts to answer the question, “What does this companionship mean for forms of religio…[Read more]
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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited Niloofar Haeri. Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women, Prayer and Poetry in Iran in the group
Poetics and Poetry on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months agoThrough offering an ethnography of a group of educated, middle-class women who “had been attending weekly Qur’an and classical poetry classes for years” (xii), the volume shows that poetry and prayer are companions in the cultural history of Iran. It attempts to answer the question, “What does this companionship mean for forms of religio…[Read more]
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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited Niloofar Haeri. Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women, Prayer and Poetry in Iran in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months agoThrough offering an ethnography of a group of educated, middle-class women who “had been attending weekly Qur’an and classical poetry classes for years” (xii), the volume shows that poetry and prayer are companions in the cultural history of Iran. It attempts to answer the question, “What does this companionship mean for forms of religio…[Read more]
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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited Niloofar Haeri. Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women, Prayer and Poetry in Iran in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months agoThrough offering an ethnography of a group of educated, middle-class women who “had been attending weekly Qur’an and classical poetry classes for years” (xii), the volume shows that poetry and prayer are companions in the cultural history of Iran. It attempts to answer the question, “What does this companionship mean for forms of religio…[Read more]
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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak. A Fire of Lilies: Women, Perspectives on Literature and Politics in Modern Iran in the group
Poetics and Poetry on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months agoAs Seyed-Gohrab rightly mentions in the introduction to this volume, “poets and writers are so essential in the turbulent history of twentieth-century Iran that any history of modern Iran neglecting the role of literature … would be seriously incomplete” (14). This volume, focusing on the second half of the twentieth century, provides a his…[Read more]
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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited Reza Taher-Kermani. The Persian Presence in Victorian Poetry in the group
Poetics and Poetry on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months agoBuilding on the author’s PhD thesis on “the British cultural and imaginative engagements with Persia in the nineteenth century” (vi), the volume charts “the diversity of perceptions associated with Persia in Victorian literary culture” (2). It focuses on poetry as the medium through which to survey the Victorian conception of Persia. It consists…[Read more]
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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited Reza Taher-Kermani. The Persian Presence in Victorian Poetry in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months agoBuilding on the author’s PhD thesis on “the British cultural and imaginative engagements with Persia in the nineteenth century” (vi), the volume charts “the diversity of perceptions associated with Persia in Victorian literary culture” (2). It focuses on poetry as the medium through which to survey the Victorian conception of Persia. It consists…[Read more]
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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak. A Fire of Lilies: Perspectives on Literature and Politics in Modern Iran on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months ago
As Seyed-Gohrab rightly mentions in the introduction to this volume, “poets and writers are so essential in the turbulent history of twentieth-century Iran that any history of modern Iran neglecting the role of literature … would be seriously incomplete” (14). This volume, focusing on the second half of the twentieth century, provides a his…[Read more]
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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited Niloofar Haeri. Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women, Prayer and Poetry in Iran on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months ago
Through offering an ethnography of a group of educated, middle-class women who “had been attending weekly Qur’an and classical poetry classes for years” (xii), the volume shows that poetry and prayer are companions in the cultural history of Iran. It attempts to answer the question, “What does this companionship mean for forms of religio…[Read more]
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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited Reza Taher-Kermani. The Persian Presence in Victorian Poetry on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months ago
Building on the author’s PhD thesis on “the British cultural and imaginative engagements with Persia in the nineteenth century” (vi), the volume charts “the diversity of perceptions associated with Persia in Victorian literary culture” (2). It focuses on poetry as the medium through which to survey the Victorian conception of Persia. It consists…[Read more]
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