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- catalog abstract "Sadeq Hedayat is the most famous and the most enigmatic Iranian writer of the twentieth century. He was born in 1903 and he lived a troubled life which ended in 1951 with his suicide in Paris. His most celebrated novel, The Blind Owl, has made an impact far beyond Iranian literary circles and has drawn the attention of Western critics. But Hedayat's impact on the development of modern fiction and on the lives of generations of Iranian intellectuals derives also from his. Other works and from what was a unique approach to life and art in a rapidly changing society. This book is the first comprehensive study of Hedayat's life and works set against the background of literary and political developments in Iran over the first half of the twentieth century. Homa Katouzian discusses Hedayat's life and times and the literary and political circles with which he was associated. But he also emphasises the uniqueness and universality of those ideas. That have set Hedayat apart from other Iranian writers of the period and have given him a mystique that has been instrumental in his posthumous success.".
- catalog contributor b3540773.
- catalog created "1991.".
- catalog date "1991".
- catalog date "1991.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1991.".
- catalog description "1. Hedayat and Modern Persian Literature -- 2. Early Years -- 3. Hedayat in Europe -- 4. Life and Labour in the Golden Era -- 5. Iranian Culture and Romantic Nationalism -- 6. Iranian Culture and Critical Realism -- 7. The Blind Owl: A Critical Exposition -- 8. The Origins of the Blind Owl -- 9. Hopes and Despairs -- 10. Hajis and workers -- 11. Satire and repression -- 12. The Trial: The Message of Hedayat -- 13. The Execution: Hedayat's Suicide -- 14. The Legend and the Man.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Other works and from what was a unique approach to life and art in a rapidly changing society. This book is the first comprehensive study of Hedayat's life and works set against the background of literary and political developments in Iran over the first half of the twentieth century. Homa Katouzian discusses Hedayat's life and times and the literary and political circles with which he was associated. But he also emphasises the uniqueness and universality of those ideas.".
- catalog description "Sadeq Hedayat is the most famous and the most enigmatic Iranian writer of the twentieth century. He was born in 1903 and he lived a troubled life which ended in 1951 with his suicide in Paris. His most celebrated novel, The Blind Owl, has made an impact far beyond Iranian literary circles and has drawn the attention of Western critics. But Hedayat's impact on the development of modern fiction and on the lives of generations of Iranian intellectuals derives also from his.".
- catalog description "That have set Hedayat apart from other Iranian writers of the period and have given him a mystique that has been instrumental in his posthumous success.".
- catalog extent "x, 306 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Sadeq Hedayat.".
- catalog identifier "1850433615".
- catalog isFormatOf "Sadeq Hedayat.".
- catalog issued "1991".
- catalog issued "1991.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : I.B. Tauris,".
- catalog relation "Sadeq Hedayat.".
- catalog subject "Authors, Iranian Biography.".
- catalog subject "Authors, Persian 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Hidāyat, Ṣādiq, 1903-1951.".
- catalog subject "PK6561.H43 Z698 1991".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Hedayat and Modern Persian Literature -- 2. Early Years -- 3. Hedayat in Europe -- 4. Life and Labour in the Golden Era -- 5. Iranian Culture and Romantic Nationalism -- 6. Iranian Culture and Critical Realism -- 7. The Blind Owl: A Critical Exposition -- 8. The Origins of the Blind Owl -- 9. Hopes and Despairs -- 10. Hajis and workers -- 11. Satire and repression -- 12. The Trial: The Message of Hedayat -- 13. The Execution: Hedayat's Suicide -- 14. The Legend and the Man.".
- catalog title "Sadeq Hedayat : the life and literature of an Iranian writer / Homa Katouzian.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".