Veils and Words: The Emerging Voices of Iranian Women Writers (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East)

328 Pages·1992·10.015 MB·English

by  Farzaneh Milani

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Veils and Words
Contemporary Issues in the Middle East

The Emerging Voices of Iranian Women Writers
FARZANEH MILANI
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Copyright © 1992 by Syracuse University Press
Syracuse, New York 13244-5160
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
First Edition 1992
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Milani, Farzaneh.
Veils and words : the emerging voices of Iranian women writers /
Farzaneh Milani. — 1st ed.
p. cm. — (Contemporary issues in the Middle East)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8156-2557-X (alk. paper). - ISBN 0-8156-0266-9 (pbk. :
alk. paper)
1. Persian literature—Women authors — History and criticism.
2. Persian literature — 20th century—History and criticism.
3. Women authors, Iranian —20th century. 4. Feminism and
literature —Iran. I. Title. II. Series.
PK6413.5.W65M5 1992
891'.55099287 —dc20 91-28640
Manufactured in the United States of America
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Farzaneh Milani is an Assistant Professor of Persian at the University
of Virginia. Herself a poet, she holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature
from the University of California, Los Angeles.