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The Politics of Writing in Iran: A History of Modern Persian Literature, Kamran Talattof, Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2000, 250 pp., cloth, $ 49.95; paper $24.95.

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The Politics of Writing in Iran: A History of Modern Persian Literature, Kamran Talattof, Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2000, 250 pp., cloth, $ 49.95; paper $24.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Marta Simidchieva
Marta Simidchieva*
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York University, Toronto
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Iranian Studies , Volume 33 , Issue 3-4 , Summer Fall 2000 , pp. 458 - 463
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Copyright © Association For Iranian Studies, Inc 2000

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1. Talattof uses two Persian transliteration systems, which in my view is somewhat disconcerting for the reader. To facilitate reference work, he renders authors’ names and Persian book titles in the standard Library of Congress System of Transliteration, omitting the diacritical marks. Samples of Persian-language poetry, on the other hand, are transcribed according to the contemporary Iranian pronunciation, to preserve the sound pattern of the verses. The present review follows transliterations as they appear in the book.

2. See, for example, Karimi-Hakkak, A., Recasting Persian Poetry: Scenarios of Poetic Modernity in Iran (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1995)Google Scholar.