A Revolution in Rhyme: Poetic Co-option under the Islamic Republic Fatemeh Shams

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Product details:
• ISBN 10:2020934984
• ISBN 13:9780192602480
• Author:Fatemeh Shams

A Revolution in Rhyme: Poetic Co-option under the Islamic Republic offers, for the first time, an original, timely examination of the pivotal role poetry plays in policy, power and political legitimacy in modern-day Iran. Through a compelling chronological and thematic framework, Shams presents fresh insights into the emerging lexicon of coercion and unrest in the modern Persian canon. Analysis of the lives and work of ten key poets traces the evolution of the Islamic Republic, from the 1979 Revolution, through to the Iran-Iraq War, the death of a leader and the rise of internal conflicts. Ancient forms jostle against didactic ideologies, exposing the complex relationship between poetry, patronage and literary production in authoritarian regimes, shedding light on a crucial area of discourse that has been hitherto overlooked.
Table contents:

1. Rethinking the Islamic Republican Canon
2. “Surgery of the Soul”: Introducing the Howzeh
3. Returning to the Roots: The Dark and Light of the Village
4. A War to Remember (1): Decoding the Poetic Violence of War
5. A War to Remember (2): The Other Face of War
6. Loss and Nostalgia: Official Poetry in Post-War Chaos
7. Inventing a Courtly Tradition: Poetry and Power in Khamenei’s I

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