An Analytic History of Persian Modern Poetry
An Analytic History of Persian Modern Poetry is a research work on Persian 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 political and social condition of the time following with a commentary on the literary criticism 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: bibliography of Persian modern poetry, Persian poetry publications and a list of Persian poetry criticism.
Each volume covers the following years:
- Volume. 1: 1905–1953
- Volume. 2: 1953–1962
- Volume. 3: 1962–1970
- ''Volume. 4: 1970–1979''