A history of persian literature :  general introduction to persian literature / 
edited by J.T.P. de Bruijn. 
 - Volume I 
 - xxvi, 573 pages ;  23 cm. 
 - History of Persian literature,  volume 1. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (page: 495-542) and index. 
<br/><br/> Classical Persian literature as a tradition /  The origin and development of literary Persian /  The history of literature /  Prosody : meter and rhyme /  Traditional literary theory : the Arabic background /  Persian rhetoric : Elm-e badi' and Elm-e bayân /  Poetic imagery /  Genres of court literature /  Genres of religious literature /  Riddles /  Pre-Islamic Iranian and Indian influences on Persian literature /  Hellenistic influences in classical Persian literature /  Arabic influences on Persian literature /  Persian literature and the arts of the book /  Manuscripts in the domains of the Persian language /  Printing and publishing /  Libraries and librarianship /  J.T.P. de Bruijn --  J. Perry --  W. Hanaway --  B. Utas --  G.J. van Gelder --  N. Chalisova --  R. Zipoli --  J. Meisami --  N. Pourjavady --  G. Windfuhr --  F. de Blois --  C. Van Ruymbeke --  J.T.P. de Bruijn --  P.P. Soucek --  I. Afshar --  I. Afshar --  I. Afshar. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781845118860 (hardback)  RM372.64 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Persian literature--History and criticism.<br/>Persian literature