{"product_id":"imagine-a-nation-hamid-dabashi-9780755655632","title":"Imagine a Nation: Six Persian Poets in Search of a Homeland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Ferdowsi to Rumi and Hafiz, poetry has played a central role in the historical Iranian cultural imagination. \u003c\/b\u003eHow have contemporary poets contributed to this imagining of a nation, in the context of the twentieth century and its momentous events? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this book, Hamid Dabashi interrogates the oeuvre of six major poets: Nima Yushij (1895-1960), Mehdi Akhavan-e Sales (1929-1990), Ahmad Shamlou (1925-2000) Forough Farrokhzad (1934-1967), Sohrab Sepehri (1928-1980) and finally Esmail Khoi (1938-2021). Reading their works in the context of Iranian political history, from the Constitutional Revolution to the Iranian Revolution and beyond, he interprets their poetry as exercises in imagining an Iran that was still emerging and being contested. Providing an original theoretical and critical interpretation of modern Iran's most well-known poets, based on his own translations from the Persian originals, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars of Persian literature and Iranian studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hamid Dabashi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 075565563X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780755655632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e I. B. Tauris \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Hamid Dabashi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47637430567167,"sku":"9780755655632","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3e761d5f-294e-4c02-94e1-7aa80f081ae8.jpg?v=1765116168","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/imagine-a-nation-hamid-dabashi-9780755655632","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}