Iran's national epic, the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, has traditionally
been regarded by both Persians and Westerners as a poem celebrating
the the central role of monarchy in Persian history. In this
groundbreaking book, Dick Davis argues that the poem is far more
than a patriotic chronicle of kingly deeds. Rather, it is a subtle
and highly ambiguous discussion of authority, and far from being a
celebration of monarchy, its most famous episodes and heroes amount
to a radical critique of the institution. Davis demonstrates that
the public world of kingly authority is shadowed in the poem by a
series of tragic father-son relationships, and that in both the
royal and familial spheres, authority figures are invariably
presented as morally inferior to those whom they govern. The
Shahnameh's complex aesthetic structure and its tragic resolution
of problems of authority and hierarchy make it an artistic artifact
able to take its rightful place beside the major masterpieces of
world literature.
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