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2. The Persian Presence in the Early Islamic Empires

Resisting Arabic Literary Imperialism (750–1258)

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Introduction. The Making of a Literary Humanism 1
  5. 1. The Dawn of an Iranian World in an Islamic Universe 42
  6. 2. The Persian Presence in the Early Islamic Empires 70
  7. 3. The Prose and Poetry of the World 98
  8. 4. The Triumph of the Word 131
  9. 5. The Lure and Lyrics of a Literature 165
  10. 6. The Contours of a Literary Cosmopolitanism 191
  11. 7. The Dawn of New Empires 224
  12. 8. The Final Frontiers 263
  13. Conclusion 301
  14. Notes 329
  15. Acknowledgments 359
  16. Index 361
The World of Persian Literary Humanism
This chapter is in the book The World of Persian Literary Humanism
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674067592.c2

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Introduction. The Making of a Literary Humanism 1
  5. 1. The Dawn of an Iranian World in an Islamic Universe 42
  6. 2. The Persian Presence in the Early Islamic Empires 70
  7. 3. The Prose and Poetry of the World 98
  8. 4. The Triumph of the Word 131
  9. 5. The Lure and Lyrics of a Literature 165
  10. 6. The Contours of a Literary Cosmopolitanism 191
  11. 7. The Dawn of New Empires 224
  12. 8. The Final Frontiers 263
  13. Conclusion 301
  14. Notes 329
  15. Acknowledgments 359
  16. Index 361
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