Persian Literature
By newmoon | December 10th, 2008 | Category: Art, Culture | 3 commentsTo study Persian poetry then, is to study the Iranian mind. In this issue, after a brief introduction to Persian literature, we take a closer look at Iran’s greatest epic, Shahnameh. Issa Dibaj analyses the role of fate in the poem , while Dr Arley Lowen explores the impossible tensions that face the hero Rostam [...]