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| Title: | Literary History of Persia, Volumes 1-4
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| Author: | Edward G Browne |
| ISBN: | 093634766X : 9780936347660 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pages: | 2256 |
| Weight: | 4.025 Kg. |
| Published: | IBEX Publishers - January 1997 |
| List Price: | 183.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | LITERATURE: HISTORY & CRITICISM: Islamic studies: Persian Empire |
The classic work on the subject, A Literary History of Persia is still the standard work in the English language on Persia and her literature. It spans four volumes (2256 pages) and took about twenty-five years to write. Although it concentrates on Persian literature, it also surveys all aspects of Persian culture from Iranian pre-history to the twentieth century. The remarkable freshness and liveliness of Browne's prose will astonish readers. In addition to being a work of reference it is book which may be read strictly for pleasure. J T P De Bruijn's new introduction surveys the history, significance and continued value of the work.
"this work... could in the eyes of the Anglo-Saxon world with full right be judged and evaluated as a standard work..." -- Franz Babinger.
