Able Muse - persian classics https://www.ablemuse.com/taxonomy/term/709/709? en Vis and Ramin (Penguin Classics) https://www.ablemuse.com/v8/books/dick-davis/vis-and-ramin-penguin-classics? <!--paging_filter--><p>A classic Persian tale of war and forbidden love in the eleventh century Believed by scholars to be the inspiration for Tristan and Isolde, Vis and Ramin was written between 1050 and 1055 and is considered the first epic Persian romance. At the heart of the story is Vis, daughter of the queen of Mah and promised to Mobad, King of Marv.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v8/books/dick-davis/vis-and-ramin-penguin-classics?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v8/books/dick-davis/vis-and-ramin-penguin-classics?#comments Books dick davis persian persian classics persian translation poems poetry book poetry translation v8 vis and ramin Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:33:30 +0000 Administrator 524 at https://www.ablemuse.com The Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings https://www.ablemuse.com/v8/books/dick-davis/shahnameh-persian-book-kings? <!--paging_filter--><p>THE SHAHNAMEH (Book of Kings) is the national epic of Iran composed by the poet Ferdowsi between 980 and 1010 AD. It tells the story of ancient Persia, beginning in the mythic time of Creation and continuing forward to the Arab-Islamic invasion in the seventh century.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v8/books/dick-davis/shahnameh-persian-book-kings?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v8/books/dick-davis/shahnameh-persian-book-kings?#comments Books able muse dick davis persian persian classics persian translation poems poetry book poetry translation the persian book of kings the shahnameh tribute issue v8 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:26:29 +0000 Administrator 523 at https://www.ablemuse.com The Legend of Seyavash (Persian Classics) https://www.ablemuse.com/v8/books/dick-davis/legend-seyavash-persian-classics? <!--paging_filter--><p>The Legend of Seyavash comes from the middle section of the Shahnameh, Iran’s national epic by the poet Ferdowsi (c 940–c 1020) and presents a world of warfare, military prowess, romance, guile, and fierce tribal loyalty. Ferdowsi’s epic style and mastery of poetic organization, however, is matched by the psychological and ethical depth of his insight and his concerns for the primal struggle between good and evil, and man’s continual attempt to create justice and civilized order out of the chaos of human greed and cruelty.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v8/books/dick-davis/legend-seyavash-persian-classics?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v8/books/dick-davis/legend-seyavash-persian-classics?#comments Books dick davis persian persian classics persian translation poems poetry book poetry translation the legend of seyavash v8 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:36:56 +0000 Administrator 520 at https://www.ablemuse.com The Conference of Birds (Penguin Classics) https://www.ablemuse.com/v8/books/dick-davis/conference-birds-penguin-classics? <!--paging_filter--><p>Composed in the twelfth century in north-eastern Iran, Attar's great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvellous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism an esoteric system concerned with the search for truth through God it describes the consequences of the conference of the birds of the world when they meet to begin the search for their ideal king, the Simorgh bird. On hearing that to find him they must undertake an arduous journey, the birds soon express their reservations to their leader, the hoopoe.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v8/books/dick-davis/conference-birds-penguin-classics?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v8/books/dick-davis/conference-birds-penguin-classics?#comments Books dick davis persian persian classics persian translation poems poetry book poetry translation the conference of birds v8 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:36:56 +0000 Administrator 519 at https://www.ablemuse.com