TY  - BOOK
AU  - Omidsalar,Mahmoud
TI  - Poetics and politics of Iran's national epic, the Shahnameh
T2  - Literatures and cultures of the Islamic world
SN  - 978-0-230-11345-9
U1  - 891.5511 23E
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Epic poetry, Persian--History and criticism
KW  - Iran--Civilization
KW  - National characteristics, Iranian
KW  - East and West
N1  - Bibliogr. p. [235]-246; Shāhnāmah and the presumptive authority of the West -- An epic's journey -- At home : the Shāhnāmah in New Persian -- A fierce fidelity: Ferdowsi and his archetype -- Why the Shāhnāmah -- The man in the myths -- The poet, the prince, and the language -- Epic unity : the case against underanalysis -- Sibling rivalry -- Killing demons, deposing kings : the Akvān episode -- Of lusting and ousting -- Conclusion : Shāhnāmah and the tyranny of Eurocenterism
ER  -