Sadeq Hedayat: his work and his wondrous world
edited by Homa Katouzian
Edition 1
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Title and Author
Sadeq Hedayat: his work and his wondrous world / edited by Homa KatouzianPublication Details
لندن : Routledge، 2008مPhysical Description
xi, 190 p.: ill.; 24 cm.Subject
Hidayat, Sadiq, 1903-1951 Criticism and interpretationHidayat, Sadiq, 1903-1951. Buf-i kur
series
(Iranian studies؛ )Language
انگلیسیIncludes index.
Contents
1. Introduction : the wondrous world of Sadeq Hedayat / Homa Katouzian -- 2. Sadeq Hedayat's centenary : report of events in Tehran, and personal recollections / Jahangir Hedayat -- 3. Sadeq Hedayat and the classics : the case of The Blind Owl / Marta Simidchieva -- 4. The Blind Owl : present in the past or the story of a dream / Houra Yavari -- 5. Influence as debt : The Blind Owl in the literary marketplace / Michael Beard -- 6. The Blind Owl and The Sound and the Fury / Bahram Meghdadi -- 7. Women in Hedayat's fiction / Homa Katouzian -- 8. Satire in Hajji Aqa / Firoozeh Khazrai -- 9. Narrative identity in the works of Hedayat and his contemporaries / Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi -- 10. Hedayat's translations of Kafka and the logic of Iranian modernity / Nasrin Rahimieh -- 11. Hedayat and the experience of modernity / Ramin Jahanbegloo -- 12. Hedayat, vegetarianism and modernity : altruism, Leonardo da Vinci, and sub-humanization / Hushang Philsooph -- 13. Man and animal in Hedayat's "Stray Dog" / Homa Katouzian