List: Persian Literature, Culture & Politics from GLT | Curated by Rebecca Ruth Gould, PhD

Feb 4, 2025
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Persian Literature, Culture & Politics from GLTPersian culture is our birthright. Yet this list is just a beginning of what we have to say and do when it comes to the diversity of Persian literature and culture, within and beyond Iran.
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Global Literary Theory
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Kayvan Tahmasebian
Connecting Iran and AfghanistanHow literature moves us beyond nationalist histories
Feb 4
Feb 4
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Global Literary Theory
by
Kayvan Tahmasebian
The Poetics of Eastern InternationalismReflections on the concept of the “Persianate”
Jan 10
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Jan 10
5
Kayvan Tahmasebian
From The Book of Dreams (Nawm-nāma) by Fażlallāh Ḥorufi AstarābādiFolio from a Jāvidān-nāma MS, Majles Library, Tehran, Iran
Nov 7, 2021
Nov 7, 2021
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Global Literary Theory
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Affan Shikoh
Learning Farsi at an Indian UniversityMy experience and some thoughts
Oct 27, 2024
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Oct 27, 2024
43
In
Global Literary Theory
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Kayvan Tahmasebian
Licit Magic — GlobalLIT Working Papers №15. Ṣā’in al-Dīn Turka Iṣfahānī’s Commentary on Ten BaytsMuḥyī al-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī
Mar 1, 2023
Mar 1, 2023
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Global Literary Theory
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Kayvan Tahmasebian
Licit Magic — GlobalLIT Working Papers №13.By Kayvan Tahmasebian
Oct 1, 2022
Oct 1, 2022
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Global Literary Theory
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Kayvan Tahmasebian
Licit Magic — GlobalLit Working Papers 10. On Poetry Translation (Tarjama)As a Figurative Device in Persian Poetics
May 1, 2022
May 1, 2022
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Global Literary Theory
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Anna Learn
Stumbling through the ForeignPoupeh Missaghi’s poetics of translation
Jul 28, 2024
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Jul 28, 2024
15
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Global Literary Theory
by
Kayvan Tahmasebian
Jane Eyre in the Wonderland of the Iranian Publishing IndustryDuring my research for the Prismatic Jane Eyre project, I discovered many wonderful ways in which Charlotte Brontë’s novel is integrated…
Nov 21, 2023
Nov 21, 2023
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Global Literary Theory
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Rebecca Ruth Gould, PhD
Fanon’s letter to an Iranian RevolutionaryWhy an anti-colonial revolutionary warned about religious rule
Sep 21, 2024
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Sep 21, 2024
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In
Global Literary Theory
by
Rebecca Ruth Gould, PhD
A Manifesto for Women’s WritingJahan Malek Khatun in 14th-century Iran
Dec 22, 2020
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Dec 22, 2020
2
In
Global Literary Theory
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Shara Atashi
The Storyteller of IranIntroducing Samad Behrangi, a pioneer of children’s literature
Jul 22, 2024
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Jul 22, 2024
5
In
Global Literary Theory
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Kayvan Tahmasebian
Arbitrary ConstellationsWriting the Imagination in Medieval Persian Natal Astrology
Oct 24, 2021
Oct 24, 2021
In
Global Literary Theory
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Kayvan Tahmasebian
Licit Magic Working Paper №2: Persian Dream WritingFrom medieval to modern times
May 31, 2021
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May 31, 2021
2
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Global Literary Theory
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Nila Namsechi
Licit Magic Working Paper No.3: Amīr Khusraw’s Introduction to his third DīvānThe full Moon of Perfection
Jul 1, 2021
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Jul 1, 2021
1
In
Global Literary Theory
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Kayvan Tahmasebian
Licit Magic Working Paper №7: Writing the Imagination in Medieval Persian Astrology,with translations from Tanklūshā
Dec 1, 2021
Dec 1, 2021
In
Global Literary Theory
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Kayvan Tahmasebian
Licit Magic — GlobalLit Working Papers 18. Taṣḥīf: A Poetics of MisreadingIn Arabic and Persian poetry, words gain an aesthetic value for their shape, the way they appear in writing. A visual parallelism between…
Jul 30, 2023
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Jul 30, 2023
1
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Global Literary Theory
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Nila Namsechi
Licit Magic — GlobalLit Working Papers 17. Persian Literary Criticism in IndiaKhān-i Ārzū’s Critique of Ḥazīn’s Poetry
May 31, 2023
May 31, 2023
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Global Literary Theory
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Loubna Bijdiguen
Licit Magic — GlobalLit Working Papers 19. The Birth of Comparative Religion in Persian?Introduction and Partial Translation of the Bayān al-Adyān
Feb 1, 2024
Feb 1, 2024
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Global Literary Theory
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Joseph Donahue
Hafiz’s Little Book of LifeIntroducing a new translation of a classic Persian poet
Aug 1, 2024
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Aug 1, 2024
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