Description
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Ferdowsi’s life and works
* Concise introduction to Ferdowsi’s life and poetry
* Images of how the epic was first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the epic poem
* Multiple translations of the ‘Shahnameh’
* Includes James Atkinson’s celebrated translation, with hyperlinked footnotes
* Easily locate the sections you want to read
* Features three biographies — explore Ferdowsi’s Persian world
CONTENTS:
The Life and Poetry of Ferdowsi
Brief Introduction: Ferdowsi
Shahnameh: James Atkinson Translation (1823)
Shahnameh: Helen Zimmern Translation (1883)
The Biographies
Persian Poetry (1893) by Elizabeth A. Reed
Special Introduction to Persian Literature (1900) by Richard J. H. Gottheil
Firdousi (1911) by Edward Henry Palmer
