The Art of the Persian Letters

The Art of the Persian Letters
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Publisher : University of Delaware Press
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 0874139228
ISBN-13 : 9780874139228
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Book Synopsis The Art of the Persian Letters by : Randolph Runyon

Download or read book The Art of the Persian Letters written by Randolph Runyon and published by University of Delaware Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Readers of Montesquieu will through this study discover a new Persian Letters, as the exquisite subtlety of its construction is laid bare for the first time. It should find a new appreciation as a work of art, and not merely as a precursor to the author's Of the Spirit of the Laws. The Letters will henceforth be read in the light of similarly composite texts, from Montaigne's Essays to Baudelaire's Fleurs du mal."--Jacket.


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