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Sadeq Hedayat : his work and his wondrous world / edited by Homa Katouzian.

Contributor(s): Series: Iranian studies (London, England)Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2011, 2008.Edition: 1st pbk. edDescription: xi, 190 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415669795 (pbk.) :
  • 0415669790 (pbk.) :
  • 9780415434034 (hardback)
  • 0415434033 (hardback)
  • 9780203939963 (ebook)
  • 0203939964 (ebook)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PK6561.H43 Z84 2011
Contents:
1. Introduction : the wondrous world of Sadeq Hedayat / Homa Katouzian -- 2. Sadeq Hedayat's centenary : report of events in Tehran, and personal recollections / Jahangir Hedayat -- 3. Sadeq Hedayat and the classics : the case of The Blind Owl / Marta Simidchieva -- 4. The Blind Owl : present in the past or the story of a dream / Houra Yavari -- 5. Influence as debt : The Blind Owl in the literary marketplace / Michael Beard -- 6. The Blind Owl and The Sound and the Fury / Bahram Meghdadi -- 7. Women in Hedayat's fiction / Homa Katouzian -- 8. Satire in Hajji Aqa / Firoozeh Khazrai -- 9. Narrative identity in the works of Hedayat and his contemporaries / Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi -- 10. Hedayat's translations of Kafka and the logic of Iranian modernity / Nasrin Rahimieh -- 11. Hedayat and the experience of modernity / Ramin Jahanbegloo -- 12. Hedayat, vegetarianism and modernity : altruism, Leonardo da Vinci, and sub-humanization / Hushang Philsooph -- 13. Man and animal in Hedayat's "Stray Dog" / Homa Katouzian.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection PK 6561 .H43 Z84 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5022646

Originally published in 2008 in hardcover.

Includes index.

1. Introduction : the wondrous world of Sadeq Hedayat / Homa Katouzian -- 2. Sadeq Hedayat's centenary : report of events in Tehran, and personal recollections / Jahangir Hedayat -- 3. Sadeq Hedayat and the classics : the case of The Blind Owl / Marta Simidchieva -- 4. The Blind Owl : present in the past or the story of a dream / Houra Yavari -- 5. Influence as debt : The Blind Owl in the literary marketplace / Michael Beard -- 6. The Blind Owl and The Sound and the Fury / Bahram Meghdadi -- 7. Women in Hedayat's fiction / Homa Katouzian -- 8. Satire in Hajji Aqa / Firoozeh Khazrai -- 9. Narrative identity in the works of Hedayat and his contemporaries / Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi -- 10. Hedayat's translations of Kafka and the logic of Iranian modernity / Nasrin Rahimieh -- 11. Hedayat and the experience of modernity / Ramin Jahanbegloo -- 12. Hedayat, vegetarianism and modernity : altruism, Leonardo da Vinci, and sub-humanization / Hushang Philsooph -- 13. Man and animal in Hedayat's "Stray Dog" / Homa Katouzian.

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