4 Love in Persian War Poetry

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Acknowledgements IX
4. Notes on Translations, Transliterations and Footnotes XI
5. Preface XIII
6. Outline of the Book XVII
7. 1 Towards Justifying Violence 1
8. 2 ‘The Scent of Martyrdom’ 26
9. 3 Qeyṣar Amīnpūr on War 71
10. 4 Love in Persian War Poetry 99
11. 5 “In the Trenches of my Small Room…” Ideologically Committed Children’s Poetry 131
12. 6 Sīmīn Bihbahānī on the 1979 Revolution and Iran-Iraq War 157
13. 7 Nādir Nādirpūr on the 1979 Revolution 187
14. 8 Iran and Saudi Arabia 220
15. 9 Conclusion: Making Death Meaningful 257
16. Bibliography 265
17. Index 280