Modern Persian literature in Afghanistan : anomalous visions of history and form / Wali Ahmadi.
Material type: TextSeries: (Iranian studies)Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.Description: [7], 184 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780415437783
- 9780203946022
- 0415437784
- PK6427.6. A3.
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Monograph | Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | PK6427.6.A3.A46 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00035280 |
“Includes bibliography”—(p. [167]-180).
Contents: Acknowledgments—Introduction : the conundrum of modernity (p. 1)—1. Beyond "mist and pebble" : ordering the culture of modernity (p. 16)—2. The poetics of (national) truth content (p. 38)—3. Perilous ends of history : the rhetoric of commitment and the poetics of nationalism (p. 62)—4. Literature of Commandment and the crisis of commitment (p. 88)—5. De-centering dissent (p. 114)—Epilogue : contending with history (p. 141)—Notes (p. 148)—Bibliography (p. 169)—Index (p. 181).