Imagine a Nation
Six Persian Poets in Search of a Homeland
Imagine a Nation
Six Persian Poets in Search of a Homeland
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From Ferdowsi to Rumi and Hafiz, poetry has played a central role in the historical Iranian cultural imagination. How have contemporary poets contributed to this imagining of a nation, in the context of the twentieth century and its momentous events?
In this book, Hamid Dabashi interrogates the oeuvre of six major poets: Nima Yushij (1895-1960), Mehdi Akhavan-e Sales (1929-1990), Ahmad Shamlou (1925-2000) Forough Farrokhzad (1934-1967), Sohrab Sepehri (1928-1980) and finally Esmail Khoi (1938-2021). Reading their works in the context of Iranian political history, from the Constitutional Revolution to the Iranian Revolution and beyond, he interprets their poetry as exercises in imagining an Iran that was still emerging and being contested. Providing an original theoretical and critical interpretation of modern Iran's most well-known poets, based on his own translations from the Persian originals, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars of Persian literature and Iranian studies.
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Chapter One Nima Yushij: The Archetypal Event
Chapter Two Mehdi Akhavan-e Sales: Remembrance of Things Past
Chapter Three Ahmad Shamlou: The Troubadour of a Homeland to Come
Chapter Four Forough Farrokhzad: The Poetics of the Present
Chapter Five Sohrab Sepehri: A Metapoetic of Presence
Chapter Six Esmail Kho'i: The Voice from Nowhereville
Conclusion Six Persian Poets in Search of a Homeland
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| Published | 30 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 9780755655649 |
| Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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