TY - BOOK AU - Ahmadi,Wali TI - Modern Persian literature in Afghanistan : : anomalous visions of history and form / T2 - (Iranian studies) SN - 9780415437783 AV - PK6427.6. A3. PY - 2008/// CY - London ; , New York : PB - Routledge, KW - Persian literature KW - Afghanistan KW - History and criticism KW - Political aspects KW - Politics and literature N1 - “Includes bibliography”—(p. [167]-180); Contents: Acknowledgments—Introduction : the conundrum of modernity (p. 1)—1. Beyond "mist and pebble" : ordering the culture of modernity (p. 16)—2. The poetics of (national) truth content (p. 38)—3. Perilous ends of history : the rhetoric of commitment and the poetics of nationalism (p. 62)—4. Literature of Commandment and the crisis of commitment (p. 88)—5. De-centering dissent (p. 114)—Epilogue : contending with history (p. 141)—Notes (p. 148)—Bibliography (p. 169)—Index (p. 181) ER -