Charand-o Parand : Revolutionary Satire from Iran, 1907-1909 / Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar, Author.

Contributor:

Afary, Janet

Perry, John R.

Series:

World thought in translation.

World Thought in Translation

Standardized Title:

Charand va parand. English

Language:

English

Persian

Subjects (All):

Persian wit and humor.

Political satire, Persian.

Iran--Politics and government.

Iran.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 335 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A classic of Modern Persian literature, Charand-o Parand (Stuff and Nonsense) is a work familiar to every literate Iranian. Originally a series of newspaper columns written by scholar and satirist Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, the pieces poke fun at mullahs, the shah, and the old religious and political order during the Constitutional Revolution in Iran (1906-11). The essays were the Daily Show of their era. The columns were heatedly debated in the Iranian parliament, and the newspaper was shut down on several occasions for its criticism of the religious establishment. Translated by two distinguished scholars of Persian language and history, this volume makes Dehkhoda's entertaining political observations available to English readers for the first time.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations and Other Conventions

Translators' Introduction

Charand-o Parand

Sur-e Esrāfil, 1907

Sur-e Esrāfil, 1908

Sur-e Esrāfil, 1909

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-22066-9

OCLC:

1143796622