Critical Perspectives on Modern Persian Literature

Preface -- Modern Persian Literature And Modern Iran : The Classicists And Engagé Writers In Society And Politics, 1919-1979 / Thomas M. Ricks -- Part I. Overview -- The First Iranian Writers Conference 1946 / Bozorg Alavi -- An Introduction To The Modern Persian Literature (1890s-1940s) / Mansour Shaki -- The Modern Literar Idiom (1920s-1960s) / Ehsan Yar-shater -- National And International Aspects Of Modern Persian Literature, 1921-1971 / D.s. Komissarov -- Recent Persian Literature : Observations On Themes And Tendencies (1950s-1970s) / Mohammad Ali Jazayery -- An Analysis Of Modern Persian Engagé Literature (1950s-1970s) / Iranian Students Association In The United States -- Part Ii. Prose -- The Shaping Of The Modern Persian Short Story : Jamalzadih's 'preface' To Yiki Bud, Yiki Nabud (1921) / Haideh Daragahi -- Modern Persian Prose (1920s-1940s) / Henry D.g. Law -- Developments In Modern Persian Prose (1920s-1950s) / Peter Avery -- National Traditions In Contemporary Persian Satirical Prose (1920s-1960s) / J. Dorri -- The Persian Short Story Since The Second World War : An Overview / Mas'ud Zavarzadeh -- Realistic Features Of The Persian Novel An Dstory In The 1960s / D.s. Komissarov -- Part Iii. Poetry -- Social And Political Themes In Modern Persian Poetry, 1900-1950 / Munibar Rahman -- Introduction To Modern Persian Poetry (1920s-1970s) / Ahmad Karimi-hakkak -- Poetry Of Resistance, Poetry Of Submission (1960s) / M. Azarm -- Modern Persian Poetry's Incarceration (1960s-1970s) / Khosrow Golesorkhi -- Modern Persian Poetry : The National Weapon In Iran (1950s-1970s) -- Part Iv. Six Authors (hedayat, Alavi, Chubak, Al-e Ahmad, Sa'edi And Behrangi) Of Prose -- Hedayat And Rilke (1930s-1950s) / Manoutchehr Mohandessi -- Sadeq Hedayat : On His Sevenieth Birthday (1930s-1950s) / D.s. Komissarov -- Buzurg 'alavi's Writings From Prison (1940s) / Sajida Alvi -- Bozorg Alavi's Pormanteau (1940s) / G.m. Wickens -- The Second Sadeq : The Short Stories Of Sadeq Chubak (1940s-1960s) / Deborah Miller Mostaghel -- The Satire Of Sadeq Chubak (1940s-1960s) / J. Dorri -- Al-e Ahmad's Fictional Legacy (1940s-1960s) / Michael C. Hillmann -- Jalal Al-e Ahmad : His Absence Has Been A Great Loss (1960s) / Abdol Ali Dastghayb -- Gholamhosayn Sa'edi And His Works (1960s) / Iranian Students Society In Great Britain -- A Look At Today's Literature : A Study Of [gholamhosayn Sa'edi's] The Mourners Of Bayal (1964) / Samad Behrangi -- It's Night, Yes Night (1968) / Gholamhosayn Sa'edi -- Samad Behrangi And Contemporary Iran : The Artist In Revolutionary Struggle (1960s) / Thomas M. Ricks -- Part V. Seven Authors (lahuti, Bahar, Yushij, Shamlu, Farrokhzad, Jalali And Sepehri) Of Poetry -- About Myself (1900s-1940s) / Abdulkasim Lahuti -- Abdolghassem Lahuti : The Occasion Of The Publication Of His Selected Works (1915-1945) / Sa'id Nafisi -- The Structure Of Imagery In 20th-century Persian Poetry : M. Bahar And Nima Yushij (1920s-1950s) / V.b. Klyashtorina -- Nima Yushij And The Nature Of Poetry (1920s-1950s) / Reza Baraheni -- A Well Amid The Waste : An Introduction To The Poetry Of Ahmad Shamlu (1940s-1970s) / Amad Karimi-hakkak -- Mayakovsky And The 'new Poetry' Of Iran In The Works Of Ahmad Shamlu (1940s-1970s) / V.b. Klyashtorina -- Forugh Farrokhzad, Modern Persian Poet (1950s-1960s) / Massud Farzan -- Abandonment Is A Theme Of [bizhan] Jalali's Free Verse (1960s) / Mas'ud Zavarzadeh -- The Neo-sufic Poetry Of Sohrab Sepehri (1960s-1970s) / Massud Farzan -- Conclusion -- Persian Letters In The Last Fifty Years (1910-1950) / Ehsan Yar-shater -- Retrospect And Progress : A Short View Modern Persian Literature (1920s-1970s) / Manouchehr Aryanpur -- Bibliography -- Notes On Contributors -- Note On Editor -- List Of Illustrations. Edited And Compiled By Thomas M. Ricks. Bibliography: P. [471]-500.