The Persian Alexander :: the first complete English translation of the Iskandarnāma /
Alexander the Great (356-333 BC) was to capture the imagination of his contemporaries and future generations. His image abounds in various cultures and literatures - Eastern and Western - and spread around the globe through oral and literary media at an astonishing rate during late antiquity and the...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Alexander the Great (356-333 BC) was to capture the imagination of his contemporaries and future generations. His image abounds in various cultures and literatures - Eastern and Western - and spread around the globe through oral and literary media at an astonishing rate during late antiquity and the early Islamic period. The first Iskandarnama, or 'The Book of Alexander', now held in a private collection in Tehran, is the oldest prose version of the Alexander romance in the Persian tradition. Thought to have been written at some point between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries by an unknown author, the lively narrative recasts Alexander as Iskandar, a Muslim champion - a king and prophet, albeit flawed but heroic, and remarkably appropriated to Islam, though the historic Alexander lived and died some 1,000 years before the birth of the faith. This new English translation of the under-studied text is the first to be presented unabridged and sheds fresh light onto the shape and structure of this vital document. In so doing it invites a reconsideration of the transformation of a Western historical figure - and one-time mortal enemy of Persia - into a legendary hero adopted by Iranian historiographic myth-making. Evangelos Venetis, the translator, also offers a textual analysis, providing much-needed context and explanations on both content and subsequent reception. This landmark publication will be invaluable to students and scholars of classical Persian literature, ancient and medieval history and Middle East studies, as well as to anyone studying the Alexander tradition. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (x, 381 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-375) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781838609597 1838609598 9781838609580 183860958X 9781786732019 1786732017 9781786722010 1786722011 |
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| spelling | Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80115655 880-01 Iskandarnāmah. English The Persian Alexander : the first complete English translation of the Iskandarnāma / translated and annotated by Evangelos Venetis. First complete English translation of the Iskandarnāma London : I.B. Tauris, 2018. ©2018 1 online resource (x, 381 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map text txt rdacontent still image sti rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier ILIS ; 69 Translated from the Persian. Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-375) and index. Alexander the Great (356-333 BC) was to capture the imagination of his contemporaries and future generations. His image abounds in various cultures and literatures - Eastern and Western - and spread around the globe through oral and literary media at an astonishing rate during late antiquity and the early Islamic period. The first Iskandarnama, or 'The Book of Alexander', now held in a private collection in Tehran, is the oldest prose version of the Alexander romance in the Persian tradition. Thought to have been written at some point between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries by an unknown author, the lively narrative recasts Alexander as Iskandar, a Muslim champion - a king and prophet, albeit flawed but heroic, and remarkably appropriated to Islam, though the historic Alexander lived and died some 1,000 years before the birth of the faith. This new English translation of the under-studied text is the first to be presented unabridged and sheds fresh light onto the shape and structure of this vital document. In so doing it invites a reconsideration of the transformation of a Western historical figure - and one-time mortal enemy of Persia - into a legendary hero adopted by Iranian historiographic myth-making. Evangelos Venetis, the translator, also offers a textual analysis, providing much-needed context and explanations on both content and subsequent reception. This landmark publication will be invaluable to students and scholars of classical Persian literature, ancient and medieval history and Middle East studies, as well as to anyone studying the Alexander tradition. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 6, 2019). Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. Romances. Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpPFF6H7VvbhhDkddgtKd Epic literature, Persian. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044293 Littérature épique persane. LITERARY CRITICISM Middle Eastern. bisacsh Epic literature, Persian fast Literary criticism fast Romances fast Literary criticism. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2017026126 Critiques littéraires. rvmgf Venetēs, Euangelos, translator, editor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014031167 Print version: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203. Iskandarnāmah. English. Persian Alexander. London : I.B. Tauris, 2018 9781784538798 (DLC) 2020447438 (OCoLC)969828098 International library of Iranian studies ; 69. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2004086196 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2112902 Volltext 240-01/(3/r اسكندرنامه. الانكليزية |
| spellingShingle | Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203 The Persian Alexander : the first complete English translation of the Iskandarnāma / International library of Iranian studies ; Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. Romances. Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpPFF6H7VvbhhDkddgtKd Epic literature, Persian. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044293 Littérature épique persane. LITERARY CRITICISM Middle Eastern. bisacsh Epic literature, Persian fast |
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| title | The Persian Alexander : the first complete English translation of the Iskandarnāma / |
| title_alt | Iskandarnāmah. First complete English translation of the Iskandarnāma |
| title_auth | The Persian Alexander : the first complete English translation of the Iskandarnāma / |
| title_exact_search | The Persian Alexander : the first complete English translation of the Iskandarnāma / |
| title_full | The Persian Alexander : the first complete English translation of the Iskandarnāma / translated and annotated by Evangelos Venetis. |
| title_fullStr | The Persian Alexander : the first complete English translation of the Iskandarnāma / translated and annotated by Evangelos Venetis. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Persian Alexander : the first complete English translation of the Iskandarnāma / translated and annotated by Evangelos Venetis. |
| title_short | The Persian Alexander : |
| title_sort | persian alexander the first complete english translation of the iskandarnama |
| title_sub | the first complete English translation of the Iskandarnāma / |
| topic | Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. Romances. Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpPFF6H7VvbhhDkddgtKd Epic literature, Persian. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044293 Littérature épique persane. LITERARY CRITICISM Middle Eastern. bisacsh Epic literature, Persian fast |
| topic_facet | Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. Romances. Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. Epic literature, Persian. Littérature épique persane. LITERARY CRITICISM Middle Eastern. Epic literature, Persian Literary criticism Romances Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires. |
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