A history of persian literature : general introduction to persian literature / edited by J.T.P. de Bruijn.

Includes bibliographical references (page: 495-542) and index.

Classical Persian literature as a tradition / J.T.P. de Bruijn -- The origin and development of literary Persian / J. Perry -- The history of literature / W. Hanaway -- Prosody : meter and rhyme / B. Utas -- Traditional literary theory : the Arabic background / G.J. van Gelder -- Persian rhetoric : Elm-e badi' and Elm-e bayân / N. Chalisova -- Poetic imagery / R. Zipoli -- Genres of court literature / J. Meisami -- Genres of religious literature / N. Pourjavady -- Riddles / G. Windfuhr -- Pre-Islamic Iranian and Indian influences on Persian literature / F. de Blois -- Hellenistic influences in classical Persian literature / C. Van Ruymbeke -- Arabic influences on Persian literature / J.T.P. de Bruijn -- Persian literature and the arts of the book / P.P. Soucek -- Manuscripts in the domains of the Persian language / I. Afshar -- Printing and publishing / I. Afshar -- Libraries and librarianship / I. Afshar.