The Lantern of Spirits

Misbah ul-arvah
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-3-95490-417-4
Verlag: Reichert Verlag

Buch, Deutsch, Englisch, Persian, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 446 g

Reihe: Beiträge zur Iranistik

The series Beiträge zur Iranistik was founded in the 1960s by Georges Redard and subsequently edited by Nicholas Sims-Williams from 1997 to 2020; the present series editor is Agnes Korn.

The series publishes works on the languages of the Iranian branch of Indo-European. The focus is on linguistics, including grammars, dictionaries, text editions, philology as well as diachronic and synchronic studies of linguistic topics. Neighbouring fields such as literature, archaeology and anthropology are likewise represented. The languages of the series are English, German and French. The Beiträge zur Iranistik are represented in libraries internationally and are widely used standard works of Iranian studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bardsi¯ri¯ Kirma¯ni¯, Šams-ad-Di¯n Muh?ammad

Utas, Bo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literatur des Nahen Ostens & Nordafrikas
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Über Autor(innen)

Bo Utas is Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at Uppsala University, Sweden. He got his PhD in Iranian languages from Uppsala University in 1973. In 1981-87 he had a special research position with the Swedish Research council, and in 1988 he was appointed the first professor of Iranian studies in Sweden. His research covers many aspects of Middle and New Iranian languages, especially varieties of Persian, and literary, religious and historical topics connected with the use of those languages. He is a specialist in Persian manuscripts, Sufi texts and Persian metrics. Publications range from his dissertation Tarîq ut-tahqîq. A critical edition, with a history of the text and commentary of 1973 to a collection volume entitled Evidentials. Turkic, Iranian and neighbouring languages (edited together with Lars Johanson) in 2000, and recently the book The virgin and her lover. Fragments of an Ancient Greek Novel and a Persian Epic Poem (= Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures, 30, Leiden 2003; together with Tomas Hägg). Recently his papers on Persian literature were reprinted in a volume entitled: Manuscript, Text and Literature. Collected Essays on Middle and New Persian Texts (= Beiträge zur Iranistik, 29, Wiesbaden 2008), and his linguistic papers in: From Old to New Persian (= Beiträge zur Iranistik, 38, Wiesbaden 2013).