The Rhetoric of Biography Narrating Lives in Persianate Societies |
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| Editor:
| Marlow, L. |
| Contribution by:
| Cooperson, Michael
Dale, Stephen Frederic
Davidson, Olga M.
Mahallati, Mohammad J.
Szuppe, Maria |
| Series title: | Hellenic Studies - Ilex Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-06066-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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Within a growing scholarly literature devoted to the topics of biography and autobiography, especially in the Arabic literary tradition, the essays in this volume explore the forms and meanings of these genres with particular reference to Persian writings, as well as to writings in Arabic and Turkish that were also composed in Persianate societies.
Within a growing scholarly literature devoted to the topics of biography and autobiography, especially in the Arabic literary tradition, the essays in this volume explore the forms and meanings of these genres with particular reference to Persian writings, as well as to writings in Arabic and Turkish that were also composed in Persianate societies.