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100 1 $aDavidson, Olga M.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88605784
245 10 $aPoet and hero in the Persian Book of kings /$cOlga M. Davidson.
260 $aIthaca :$bCornell University Press,$c1993.
263 $a9312
300 $axi, 197 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aForeword / Gregory Nagy -- Pt. I. The Poet and His Poetry. 1. The Authority of Ferdowsi the Poet. 2. The Authority of Ferdowsi's Shahnama. 3. Ferdowsi's Oral Poetic Heritage -- Pt. II. The Hero. 4. Book of Kings, Epic of Heroes. 5. King and Hero, Shah and Pahlavan. 6. Rostam, Guardian of Sovereignty. 7. The Concept of Premature and Immature Fatherhood in the Story of Rostam and Sohrab. 8. Father-Son Dioscurism as a Model of Authority in the Shahnama. 9. Feasting and Fighting: Ultimate Occasions for Hero and Poet -- Appendix: A Formulaic Analysis of Samples Taken from the Shahnama of Ferdowsi.
520 $aA masterpiece of Persian Classical epic, the Shahnama or Book of Kings was composed by Abul-Qasem Ferdowsi at the beginning of the eleventh century. Because the Shahnama presents itself as a chronicle of the reigns of the shahs from the primordial founders to the Sasanian dynasty which ended in 651, scholarly attention has centered on the question of its historical accuracy. Addressing the literary as well as the historical and mythological aspects of the Shahnama, Olga M.
520 8 $aDavidson makes this centerpiece of Iranian culture accessible to Western readers.
520 8 $aDrawing on recent work in epic studies and oral poetics, Davidson considers analogies with Classical and medieval European narratives as she investigates the poem's social contexts. Her interpretation of the Shahnama focuses on both the figure of the poet himself and on his protagonists - the superhuman hero Rostam and the historical or historicized shahs.
520 8 $aExploring the Shahnama as an example, Davidson identifies as a driving force of Ferdowsi's narrative a strong current of antagonism between king and hero. Ironically, she shows, it is the epic hero himself who poses the greatest threat to the concept of kingship that he is sworn to defend.
520 8 $a. Poet and Hero in the Persian Book of Kings enhances our understanding of the relationship between myth and epic. It will be welcomed by readers working in such fields as comparative literature, Middle Eastern Studies, folklore, literary theory, and comparative religion.
600 00 $aFirdawsī.$tShāhnāmah.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79093280
852 00 $bglx$hPK6459$i.D28 1994g
852 00 $bglx$hPK6459$i.D28 1994g