The Shahnameh —— The Persian Epic as World Literature

----- 列王纪：作为世界文学的波斯史诗

ISBN: 9780231544948 出版年：2019 页码：269 Columbia University Press

Hamid Dabashi insightfully traces the history, authorship, poetic significance, complicated legacy, and enduring significance of the Iranian epic poem the Shahnameh. In addition to explaining what makes it such a distinctive literary work, he makes a powerful case that we need to rethink the notion of “world literature” in light of the Shahnameh.