Shahnama studies II the reception of Firdausi's Shahnama / edited by Charles Melville, Gabrielle van den Berg.
| Other author | Melville, C. P. (Charles Peter), 1951- |
| Other author | Van den Berg, Gabrielle Rachel, 1967- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, |
| Description | xx, 316 p., [26] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in Persian cultural history ; v. 2 |
| Contents | Contributors -- List of illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction / Charles Melville -- PART I. THE RECEPTION OF THE SHAHNAMA: LATER EPICS: Tracking the Shahnama Tradition in Medieval Persian Folk Prose / Julia Rubanovich -- Demons in the Persian Epic Cycle: The Div Shabrang in the Leiden Shabrangnama and in Shahnama Manuscripts / Gabrielle van den Berg -- Faramarz's Expedition to Qannuj and Khargah: Mutual Influences of the Shahnama and the Longer Faramarznama / Marjolijn van Zutphen -- The Influence of the Shahnama in the Extended Version of Arday Virafnama by Zartusht Bahram / Olga Yastrebova -- Picturing Evil: Images of Divs and the Reception of the Shahnama / Francesca Leoni -- PART II. THE SHAHNAMA IN NEIGHBOURING LANDS: The Reception of Firdausi's Shahnama Among the Ottomans / Jan Schmidt -- The Illustration of the Shahnama and the Art of the Book in Ottoman Turkey / Zeren Tanindi -- The Shahnama of Firdausi in the Lands of Rum / Lale Uluc -- -- Bahram's feat of hunting dexterity as illustrated in Firdausi's Shahnama, Nizami's Haft paikar and Amir Khusrau's Hasht bihisht / Adeela Qureshi -- The Samarqand Shahnamas in the Context of Dynastic Change / Karin Ruehrdanz -- PART III. MANUSCRIPT STUDIES: Mapping Illustrated Folios of Shahnama Manuscripts: The Concept and Its Uses / Farhad Mehran -- Shahnama Kings and Heroes in 'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat Illustrated Manuscripts / Bilha Moor -- PART IV. ORAL TRADITIONS: FIELD REPORTS: Sistani legends about Rustam and his descendants / Ivan Steblin-Kamensky -- The Oral Variant of the Story of Barzu Amongst the Tajiks of Boysun / Ravshan Rahmoni -- The Shahnama Oral Tradition in Contemporary Iran: The Cases of Firuzkuh and Khurasan / Evangelos Venetis -- General index. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012003074 |
| ISBN | 9789004211278 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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