''An Analytic History of Persian Modern Poetry'' ( fa, تاریخ تحلیلی شعر نو, italics=yes) is a research work on

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

contemporary poetry by Mohammad Shams Langeroodi, first published in 1998.

Format

The book is in 4 volumes including the events in Iranian poetry from 1905 to 1979. It goes year by year starting with a brief description of

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and

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condition of the time following with a commentary on the

literary criticism Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. Th ...

condition. A list of literary magazines and published poetry books is provided for each year. From each work, depending on its importance, it has a brief description, selected poems and includes different reviews. Overall it includes seventy years of:

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of Persian modern poetry, Persian poetry publications (magazines, special issues, etc.) and a list of Persian poetry

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. Each volume covers the following years: *''Volume. 1: 1905–1953'' *''Volume. 2: 1953–1962'' *''Volume. 3: 1962–1970'' *''Volume. 4: 1970–1979''

Importance

''An Analytic History of Persian Modern Poetry'' was the first major research work on the subject.

Notes

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