{"product_id":"forugh-farrokhzad-poet-of-modern-iran-9780755600670","title":"Forugh Farrokhzad Poet of Modern Iran","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe pioneering Iranian poet and filmmaker Forugh Farrokhzad was an iconic figure in her own day and has come to represent the spirit of revolt against patriarchal and cultural norms in 1960s Iran. Five decades after her tragic death at the age of 32, \u003ci\u003eForugh Farrokhzad, Poet of Modern Iran\u003c\/i\u003e brings her ground-breaking work into new focus. During her lifetime Farrokhzad embodied the vexed predicament of the contemporary Iranian woman, at once subjected to long-held traditional practices and influenced by newly introduced modern social sensibilities. Highlighting her literary and cinematic innovation, this volume examines the unique place Farrokhzad occupies in Iran, both among modern Persian poets in general and as an Iranian woman writer in particular. The authors also explore Farrokhzad''s appeal outside Iran in the Iranian diasporic imagination and through the numerous translations of her poetry into English. It is a fitting and authoritative tribute to the work of a remarkable w\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe epitome of what the Islamic Republic wanted to eradicate, Farrokhzad is now the Iranian equivalent of a rock star. * Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForugh Farrokhzad, Poet of Modern Iran \u003c\/i\u003esets in every way a new milestone in the study and understanding of this extraordinary poet. This volume is now clearly the single most important critical study of Farrokhzad in English, and can be warmly recommended to anyone with an interest in Persian poetry, intellectual history of Iran, and Iranian women * Franklin Lewis, Associate Professor of Persian, University of Chicago *\u003cbr\u003eNearly half a century after her death, neither a biography nor a critical study of her poems has appeared. In the light of this situation, everyone who has read Farrokhzad or read about her will welcome the proposed volume * Michael Craig Hillman, Professor of Persian, University of Texas, Austin *\u003cbr\u003eBrookshaw’s and Rahimieh’s multi-faceted collection of essays remains the essential English-language portal into an understanding of Forough Farrokhzad’s life, historical context, and her cinematic and poetic work. As a global icon for those seeking to love, live, and work freely, Farrokhzad continues to inspire individuals inside Iran and across the globe. This expanded edition includes important new essays exploring Farrokhzad’s time in Europe, a period crucial to her artistic development, and also the work of Afghan poet Layla Sarahat Rowshani, one of Farrokhzad’s gifted heirs. * Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr., translator of Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season: Selected Poems of Forough Farrokhzad (New Directions, 2022), USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface to the Second Edition: \u003c\/b\u003e Dominic Parviz Brookshaw and Nasrin Rahimieh.    \u003cb\u003eIntroduction to the First Edition: \u003c\/b\u003e Dominic Parviz Brookshaw and Nasrin Rahimieh.    \u003cb\u003eChapter 1:\u003c\/b\u003e “Of the Sins of Forugh Farrokhzad.” Homa Katouzian.    \u003cb\u003eChapter 2:\u003c\/b\u003e “Men and Women Together: Love, Marriage, and Gender in Forugh Farrokhzad’s \u003ci\u003eAsir\u003c\/i\u003e.” Marta Simidchieva.    \u003cb\u003eChapter 3:\u003c\/b\u003e “Places of Confinement, Liberation, and Decay: The Home and the Garden in the Poetry of Forugh Farrokhzad.” Dominic Parviz Brookshaw.    \u003cb\u003eChapter 4:\u003c\/b\u003e “Forugh Farrokhzad’s Romance with Her Muse.” Rivanne Sandler.   \u003cb\u003eChapter 5:\u003c\/b\u003e “Bewildered Mirror: Mirror, Self, and World in the Poems of Forugh Farrokhzad.” Leila Rahimi Bahmany.   \u003cb\u003eChapter 6:\u003c\/b\u003e “Personal Rebellion and Social Revolt in the Works of Forugh Farrokhzad: Challenging the Assumptions.” Kamran Talattof.     \u003cb\u003eChapter 7:\u003c\/b\u003e “Garden in Motion: the Esthetic of the Space Between.” Michael Beard.    \u003cb\u003eChapter 8: \u003c\/b\u003e“Forugh Farrokhzad’s Apocalyptic Visions.” Sirous Shamisa.    \u003cb\u003eChapter 9:\u003c\/b\u003e “Capturing the Abject of the Nation in \u003ci\u003eThe House is Black\u003c\/i\u003e.” Nasrin Rahimieh.    \u003cb\u003eChapter 10:\u003c\/b\u003e “\u003ci\u003eThe House is Black\u003c\/i\u003e: A Timeless Visual Essay.” Maryam Ghorbankarimi.    \u003cb\u003eChapter 11:\u003c\/b\u003e “Forugh Farrokhzad as Translator of Modern German Poetry: observations about the anthology, \u003ci\u003eMarg-e man ruzi\u003c\/i\u003e.” Nima Mina.    \u003cb\u003eChapter 12:\u003c\/b\u003e “Alien Rebirths of ‘Another Birth’.” M. R. Ghanoonparvar.    \u003cb\u003eChapter 13:\u003c\/b\u003e “Re-Writing Forugh: Writers, Intellectuals, Artists, and Farrokhzad’s Legacy in the Iranian Diaspora.” Persis M. Karim.    \u003cb\u003eChapter 14:\u003c\/b\u003e “Cargo, Chickpeas, and Cobblestones: The Textures of Memory in Forugh Farrokhzad's Travelogue \u003ci\u003eDar diyari digar\u003c\/i\u003e.” Marie Ostby.    \u003cb\u003eChapter 15:\u003c\/b\u003e “Of Stones and Mirrors: The Fragmented Self in the Poetry of Layla Sarahat Rowshani (1958-2004).” Wali Ahmadi.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49396202144087,"sku":"9780755600670","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780755600670.jpg?v=1730415082","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/forugh-farrokhzad-poet-of-modern-iran-9780755600670","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}