TY - BOOK AU - Taher-Kermani,Reza TI - The Persian presence in Victorian poetry /Reza Taher-Kermani T2 - Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture SN - 9781474448185 AV - PR129 .P477 2020 PY - 2020/// CY - Edinburgh PB - Edinburgh University Press KW - English poetry KW - Persian influences KW - Iranian influences KW - 19th century KW - History and criticism KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Introduction --; 1. Persia in the West --; 2. Persia and nineteenth-century English poetry --; 3. 'Sohrab and Rustum' --; 4. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám --; 5. Ferishtah's fancies --; Epilogue: The Persian presence in Victorian poetry; 2; b N2 - "The Persian Presence in Victorian Poetry surveys the variety of ways in which Persia, and the multitude of ideological, historical, cultural and political notions that it embodied, were received, circulated and appropriated. Providing the first systematic index of nineteenth-century poems that were in any way involved with Persia, the book explores its presence across a broad range of works incorporating literary, historical and cultural material."-- UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2423896&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -