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Modern Persian literature in Afghanistan : anomalous visions of history and form / Wali Ahmadi.
Van Pelt Library PK6427.6.A3 A33 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ahmadi, Wali.
- Series:
- Iranian studies (London, England) ; 5.
- Iranian studies ; 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Persian literature--Afghanistan--History and criticism.
- Persian literature.
- Persian literature--Political aspects--Afghanistan.
- Politics and literature--Afghanistan.
- Politics and literature.
- Afghanistan.
- Physical Description:
- 184 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the conundrum of modernity
- Beyond "mist and pebble" : ordering the culture of modernity
- The poetics of (national) truth content
- Perilous ends of history : the rhetoric of commitment and the poetics of nationalism
- Literature of Commandment and the crisis of commitment
- De-centering dissent
- Epilogue : contending with history.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-180) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415437783
- 0415437784
- 9780203946022
- 0203946022
- OCLC:
- 168723924
- Online:
- Publisher description
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