Description
A study of the wealth of meanings that 'Persia' - real or imagined - held for Victorian poetry
- Takes a broad, interdisciplinary approach to a significant strand in the 'Oriental' texture of Victorian poetry
- Contributes to a growing body of research on the process of cultural exchange between the West and the 'Orient'
- Provides the first systematic index of nineteenth-century 'Persianised' poems
- Offers a distinctive mix of history and literature, dealing with an array of texts, ranging from ancient Greece to nineteenth-century British travel writings
The Persian Presence in Victorian Poetry surveys the variety of ways in which Persia, and the multitude of ideological, historical, cultural and political notions that it embodied, were received, circulated and appropriated. Providing the first systematic index of nineteenth-century poems that were in any way involved with Persia, the book explores its presence across a broad range of works incorporating literary, historical and cultural material.
Author: Reza Taher-Kermani
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 03/03/2022
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.51d
ISBN13: 9781474448178
ISBN10: 1474448178
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Poetry
- Literary Criticism | Modern | 19th Century
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
About the Author
Reza Taher-Kermani is Assistant Professor of 18th and 19th Century British Literature at Concordia University, Montreal. He is the author of many articles, including "The Rubáiyát: A Labour of Love", Victoriographies, 7/1. 2017: Edinburgh University Press and "Why the Oxus? On the Majestic River of Arnold's 'Sohrab and Rustum'", The Review of English Studies, 69/289. 2018: Oxford University Press.