A Revolution in Rhyme - Poetic Co-option under the Islamic Rlic - Fatemeh (Assistant Professor of Modern Persian Literature Shams
A Revolution in Rhyme: Poetic Co-option under the Islamic Rlic 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.