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Fani, Aria. "Preface: Why I Wrote This Book". Reading across Borders: Afghans, Iranians, and Literary Nationalism, New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2024, pp. xi-xvi. https://doi.org/10.7560/328811-002

Fani, A. (2024). Preface: Why I Wrote This Book. In Reading across Borders: Afghans, Iranians, and Literary Nationalism (pp. xi-xvi). New York, USA: University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/328811-002

Fani, A. 2024. Preface: Why I Wrote This Book. Reading across Borders: Afghans, Iranians, and Literary Nationalism. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, pp. xi-xvi. https://doi.org/10.7560/328811-002

Fani, Aria. "Preface: Why I Wrote This Book" In Reading across Borders: Afghans, Iranians, and Literary Nationalism, xi-xvi. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2024. https://doi.org/10.7560/328811-002

Fani A. Preface: Why I Wrote This Book. In: Reading across Borders: Afghans, Iranians, and Literary Nationalism. New York, USA: University of Texas Press; 2024. p.xi-xvi. https://doi.org/10.7560/328811-002

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Note on Transliteration ix
Preface: Why I Wrote This Book xi
Introduction: What Literature? Which World? 1
Chapter 1 The Formation of a Modern Discourse of Literature (1860–1960) 37
Chapter 2 Afghan-Iranian Literary Connections and Romantic Nationalism (1920–1944) 79
Chapter 3 Anjomans and the Proliferation of Adabiyāt in Iran (1916–1947) 109
Chapter 4 Institutionalizing Persian Literature in Afghanistan (1930–1956) 137
Conclusion: National Pilgrims and the Myth of Greater Iran 169
Epilogue: Who Needs Literature Today? 181
Acknowledgments 185
Appendix of Biographies 189
Notes 199
Index 247

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Note on Transliteration ix
Preface: Why I Wrote This Book xi
Introduction: What Literature? Which World? 1
Chapter 1 The Formation of a Modern Discourse of Literature (1860–1960) 37
Chapter 2 Afghan-Iranian Literary Connections and Romantic Nationalism (1920–1944) 79
Chapter 3 Anjomans and the Proliferation of Adabiyāt in Iran (1916–1947) 109
Chapter 4 Institutionalizing Persian Literature in Afghanistan (1930–1956) 137
Conclusion: National Pilgrims and the Myth of Greater Iran 169
Epilogue: Who Needs Literature Today? 181
Acknowledgments 185
Appendix of Biographies 189
Notes 199
Index 247

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