Fire of Lilies
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A01=Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak
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Ahmad Shamlu
Ali-Akbar Sa.idi-Sirjani
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Exile
Expression of free speech
Gholamhossein Sa.edi
Iranian Revolution
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Mehdi Akhavan Saless
Modern Iran
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Persian Literature
Politics
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Product details
- ISBN 9789087283292
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 09 Mar 2019
- Publisher: Leiden University Press
- Publication City/Country: NL
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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This book examines the role of Persian literature in politics in the tumultuous period of Iranian history from 1950 to 2000, illustrating how intellectuals used poetry, plays, novels and short stories to comment on socio-political developments. The unique aspect of the book is its strong empirical perspective, as Karimi-Hakkak has participated in the events he is writing about. It analyses how Persian intellectuals dealt with censorship, suppression, imprisonment, exile and even execution for the sake of expression of free speech.
Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak is a professor of Persian at the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. He is also the founding director of the Roshan Center for Persian Studies at the University of Maryland.
