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Suppressed Persian: Anthology of Forbidden Literature

Paul Sprachman

This volume is an anthology of selected pieces of poetry and prose that deeply offend long-established standards of good taste and morality in Iran. It presents unprintables from the works of eight of the most important writers of Persian literature. These include, Sanai of Ghazni (12th century), Jalal al-Din Rumi (13th century), Suzani of Samarkand (12th Century) Obayd-e Zakani (14th century), Sadi of Shiraz (13th century). The anthology also contains off-color quatrains by a contemporary of Omar Khayyam, the poetess Mahsati of Ganja, and an epic invective by the modern poet Iraj Mirza (d. 1926).

 Specifications:
1995:viii+111 pp., bibliography, glossary, index.
ISBN:1-56859-034-2(hard cover): $29.95
Literature Series, No. 2

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Conversation with Emperor Jahangir
Iranian Short Story Authors
Language and Culture in Persian
Once A Dewdrop
Patient Stone
Persian Literary Influence on English Literature
Reading Nast`liq
Sands of Oxus
Suppressed Persian
Tarikh-e Engelab
Welcoming Fighani
Yeghishe Charents

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