Format:
XXX, 398 Seiten
ISBN:
9789004310285
Series Statement:
Studies in Persian cultural history Volume 11
Content:
Kashefi's Anvar-e Sohayli (15th c. A.D.) is a Persian rewriting of the timeless and influential Kalila wa-Dimna text, done at the Timurid court. Christine van Ruymbeke offers a first in-depth analysis of the contents and style of this important text and also addresses the Kalila wa-Dimna field across its full rewriting history. This analysis shows how Kashefi's additions function as an invaluable commentary that opens up our understanding and the appreciation of this seminal text. This studies revisits several received ideas and current misapprehensions about the text and shows why it has been such an international best-seller before being unjustly relegated to children's literature. In Van Ruymbeke's words, Kalila wa-Dimna is a grim text, exposing the mechanisms of sophisticated psychological manipulation and exploring universal philosophical themes, known since Antiquity and still relevant today
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 355-390
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004314757
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Persisch
;
Kāšifī, Ḥusain Wāʿiẓ -1504
;
Kalīla wa-Dimna
;
Textanalyse
;
Geschichte
