This volume of Persian language texts contains representative passages from the works of major Persian writers.

This 1966 book provides a series of concise, accessible essays reflecting on the development of Persian fiction during the modern period. The structure of the text is broadly chronological, with chapters allocated to key authors, literary movements, and social changes. This is a valuable volume for anyone interested in Persian literature.

Originally published in 1966, this book forms the companion volume to A Modern Persian Prose Reader (Cambridge, 1968). It provides a series of concise, accessible essays reflecting on the development of Persian fiction during the modern period. The structure of the text is broadly chronological, with chapters allocated to key authors, literary movements, and social changes. A long second section is devoted to the work of Sadeq Hidayat (1903-1951), regarded by many as Iran's foremost writer of prose fiction and short stories. This is a fascinating book that will be of value to anyone with an interest in Persian literature.

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1: A MEDIEVAL NEXUS: LOCATING ENSHA' AND ITS ONTOLOGY IN THE PERSIANATE INTELLECTUAL TRADITION, 1000?1500 (Colin Mitchell) CHAPTER 2: ADVICE LITERATURE (Louise Marlow) -- CHAPTER 3: RES℗LE, MAQ℗LE, AND KET℗B: AN OVERVIEW OF PERSIAN EXPOSITORY AND ANALYTICAL PROSE (Ali Gheissari) -- CHAPTER 4: SCIENCE IN PERSIAN (Ziva Vesel in collaboration with Sonja Brentjes) -- CHAPTER 5: CALLIGRAPHY (Francis Richard) -- CHAPTER 6: CONSIDERATIONS ON LITERARY ASPECTS OF PERSIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY (Bert Fragner) -- CHAPTER 7: BIOGRAPHICAL WRITING: TADHKERE AND MAN℗QEB (Paul Losensky) -- CHAPTER 8: STORIES AND TALES: ENTERTAINMENT AS LITERATURE (Mehran Afshari) -- CHAPTER 9: POPULAR ANECDOTES AND SATIRE (Mehran Afshari) -- CHAPTER 10: THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN PERSIAN PROSE: FROM THE NINETEENTH TO THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY (Iraj Parsinejad) -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INDEX.