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Persian
Ferdowsi's Shahnameh through Helen Zimmern's public-domain Epic of Kings: Iranian epic memory, kingship, fate, heroism, and translation.
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GlossaryA shelf-specific glossary starter for the Persian shelf.Introduction to Persian LiteratureA source-conscious introduction to the current Persian shelf: Helen Zimmern's 1883 Epic of Kings as a public-domain doorway into Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Iranian heroic memory, kingship, fate, Ormuzd and Ahriman, justice, family tragedy, and the Good Works duty not to mistake one Victorian prose retelling for the whole Persian literary world.Reader's Guide to PersianA reader guide to the Persian shelf in the Good Works Library.The Epic of Kings — Helen ZimmernA Good Works archival presentation of Helen Zimmern's 1883 English prose retelling of selected Shahnameh hero tales, here beginning with Feridoun and ending with the death of Rustem.
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