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1 online resource (xiv, 335 pages) : illustrations |
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World thought in translation |
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World thought in translation.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Other Conventions; Translators' Introduction; Charand-o Parand; Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, No. 1 (May 30, 1907); [A Cure for Addiction]; Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, No. 2 (June 6, 1907); Letter from the City [The Battle of Thermopylae]; Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, No. 3 (June 13, 1907); News from the City [A Case of Indigestion]; A New Invention; Reply to the Letter [of June 6]; Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, No. 4 (June 20, 1907); Literature [Verse: Girls of Quchan]; Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, No. 5 (June 27, 1907) |
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[Hazards of Journalism]Telegram from Fars; Announcement; Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, No. 6 (July 4, 1907); Letter from the City [Looking for Religion]; Response; Criticism and Objection [to Habl al-Matin]; Good News [A Minister's Munificence]; Strike of Workers at Shah Abd al-Azim; Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, Nos. 7-8 (August 1, 1907); [A Villager Goes to the City]; Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, No. 11 (August 22, 1907); Razi-ye Ghaznavi [and Other Indian Mystics]; Letter from a Lady [Cure for a Sty]; Reply to the Letter; [Domestic Politics]; Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, No. 12 (September 5, 1907) |
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News from the City [Lost Tempers]Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, No. 13 (September 12, 1907); Letter from Urumiyeh [Ottoman Shelling]; Reply from the Newspaper; Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, No. 14 (September 19, 1907); [Religion for the Elite, Religion for the Masses]; Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, No. 15 (November 5, 1907); [Debate: Gifts for the Press]; Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, No. 16 (November 14, 1907); [A Letter in Arabic?]; Text of the [Shaykh's] Translation; Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, No. 17 (November 21, 1907); Literature: O Kablay! -- Personal Letter [to Pahlavan Amir A'zam] |
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[On Victimization of Journalists]Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, No. 18 (November 28, 1907); [Servants of the Privy Chamber]; Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, No. 19 (December 5, 1907); [Letter to the Russian Diplomat Shapshal Khan]; Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, No. 20 (January 16, 1908); [Events at Tupkhaneh Square]; Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, No. 21 (January 23, 1908); [""Watch Out-Sayyid Ali!""]; Letter from the City [from Piefinger]; Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, No. 22 (February 4, 1908); Letter [Distrust of ""Vakils""]; Editor's Reply; Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, No. 23 (February 20, 1908) |
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Condolence Addressed to Molla Nasreddin on the Death of the Shaykh al-EslamLetter from Yazd [Hajjis in the Bath]; From Semnan [A Silent Parliamentary Deputy]; Reply from the Office [Drawbacks of a Quick Tongue]; From Tabriz [Feuds among the Mojahedin]; From Rasht [Civil Servants on Strike]; Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, No. 24 (February 27, 1908); The Leaders and the Nation [Verse]; Meanings of a Phrase [Aman az dugh-e Leyli]; Sur-e Esrafil, Series 1, No. 25 (March 12, 1908); Object Lesson [Inquisitive Child]; Six Place Settings and No Food; A Riddle |
| Summary |
A classic of modern Persian literature, 'Charand-o Parand' (or 'Stuff and Nonsense') is a work familiar to every literate Iranian. Originally a series of newspaper columns written by scholar and satirist Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, the pieces poke fun at mullahs, the shah and the old religious and political order during the Constitutional Revolution. Translated by two distinguished scholars of Persian language and history, this volume makes Dehkhoda's entertaining political observations available to English readers for the first time |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 12, 2016) |
| Subject |
Political satire, Persian.
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Persian wit and humor.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Middle Eastern.
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HUMOR -- Topic -- Political.
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Persian wit and humor
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Political satire, Persian
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Iran -- Politics and government -- 1905-1911 -- Humor
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| Subject |
Iran
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| Genre/Form |
Humor
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Afary, Janet, translator, writer of supplementary content.
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Perry, John R., translator, writer of supplementary content.
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| ISBN |
9780300220667 |
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0300220669 |
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