TY - BOOK AU - Bruijn,J.T.P.de TI - A history of persian literature: general introduction to persian literature T2 - History of Persian literature, SN - 9781845118860 (hardback) PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd. KW - Persian literature KW - History and criticism N1 - 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 ER -