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Literacy in the Persianate world : writing and the social order / edited by Brian Spooner and

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, ©2012. Description: xviii, 437 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781934536452
  • 1934536458
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PK6225. L58 2012
Contents:
Contents: Foreword—Preface—Contributors—Note on transliteration and referencing—Introduction : Persian as Koine : written Persian in world-historical perspective / Brian Spooner and William L. Hanaway—Part one : foundations—1. New Persian expansion, standardization, and inclusivity / John R. Perry—2. Secretaries, poets, and the literary language / William L. Hanaway—3. The transmission of Persian texts compared to the case of classical Latin / A.H. Morton—Part two : spread—4. Persian as a lingua Franca in the Mongol empire / David Morgan—5. Ottoman Turkish : written language and scribal practice, 13th to 20th centuries / Linda T. Darling—6. Persian Rhetoric in the Safavid context : a 16th century Nurbakhshiyya treatise on Insha / Colin P. Mitchell—Part three : vernacularization and nationalism—7. Historiography in the Sadduzai Era : language and narration / Senzil Nawid—8. How could Urdu be the envy of Persian (rashk-i-Farsi) : the role of Persian in South Asian culture and literature / Muhammad Aslam Syed—9. Urdu Insha : the Hyderabad experiment, 1860-1948 / Anwar Moazzam—10. Teaching Persian as an imperial language in India and in England during the late 18th and early 19th centuries / Michael H. Fisher—Part four : the larger context—11. The latinate tradition as a point of reference / Joseph Farrell—12. Persian scribes (munshi) and Chinese literati (ru). The power and prestige of fine writing (adab/wenzhang) / Victor H. Mair—Afterword—Glossary—Index.
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Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University PK6225.L58 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available One copy donated by Brian Spooner. 3ACKU000376565
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Foreword—Preface—Contributors—Note on transliteration and referencing—Introduction : Persian as Koine : written Persian in world-historical perspective / Brian Spooner and William L. Hanaway—Part one : foundations—1. New Persian expansion, standardization, and inclusivity / John R. Perry—2. Secretaries, poets, and the literary language / William L. Hanaway—3. The transmission of Persian texts compared to the case of classical Latin / A.H. Morton—Part two : spread—4. Persian as a lingua Franca in the Mongol empire / David Morgan—5. Ottoman Turkish : written language and scribal practice, 13th to 20th centuries / Linda T. Darling—6. Persian Rhetoric in the Safavid context : a 16th century Nurbakhshiyya treatise on Insha / Colin P. Mitchell—Part three : vernacularization and nationalism—7. Historiography in the Sadduzai Era : language and narration / Senzil Nawid—8. How could Urdu be the envy of Persian (rashk-i-Farsi) : the role of Persian in South Asian culture and literature / Muhammad Aslam Syed—9. Urdu Insha : the Hyderabad experiment, 1860-1948 / Anwar Moazzam—10. Teaching Persian as an imperial language in India and in England during the late 18th and early 19th centuries / Michael H. Fisher—Part four : the larger context—11. The latinate tradition as a point of reference / Joseph Farrell—12. Persian scribes (munshi) and Chinese literati (ru). The power and prestige of fine writing (adab/wenzhang) / Victor H. Mair—Afterword—Glossary—Index.

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