A Fire of Lilies: Perspectives on Literature and Politics in Modern Iran

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-8728-329-2
Verlag: LEIDEN UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Iranian Studies Series

This book examines the role of Persian literature in politics in the tumultuous period of Iranian history from 1950 to 2000, illustrating how intellectuals used poetry, plays, novels and short stories to comment on socio-political developments. The unique aspect of the book is its strong empirical perspective, as Karimi-Hakkak has participated in the events he is writing about. It analyses how Persian intellectuals dealt with censorship, suppression, imprisonment, exile and even execution for the sake of expression of free speech.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Karimi-Hakkak, Ahmad

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Iranische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Acknowledgments, Notes, and a Dedication

Prologue by Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak

Introduction by Asghar Seyed-Gohrab – The Bleeding Pen: Literature and Politics in Modern Iran

Part One

1 – Revolutionary Posturing: Iranian Writers and the Iranian Revolution

2 – Protest and Perish: A History of the Writers’ Association of Iran

3 – Authors and Authorities: Censorship and Literary Communication in the Islamic Republic of Iran

4 – Of Hail and Hounds: The Image of the Iranian Revolution in Recent Persian Literature

Part Two

5 – A Well Amid the Waste: An Introduction to the Poetry of Ahmad Shamlu

6 – Up from the Underground: The Meaning of Exile in Gholamhossein Sa.edi’s Last Short Stories

7 – Poet of Desires Turned to Dust: In Memoriam Mehdi Akhavan Saless

8 – A Storyteller and His Times: Ali-Akbar Sa.idi-Sirjani of Iran

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Karimi-Hakkak, Ahmad
Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak is a professor of Persian at the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. He is also the founding director of the Roshan Center for Persian Studies at the University of Maryland.