Open Access E-Book: Materials for a History of the Persian Narrative Tradition. Two Characters: Farhād and Turandot.

Title: Materials for a History of the Persian Narrative Tradition. Two Characters: Farhād and Turandot.
Author: Orsatti, Paola.
Published: Venezia: Ca’ Foscari, 2019
ISBN (PRINT): 9788869693557
ISBN (EBOOK): 9788869693540

Table of Contents:

PART Ι FARH D, FARRAH N, AND THE KING OF SYRIA

1 Farhād the Master
2 General ‘Farhād’

PART ΙΙ THE ORIGINS OF TURANDOT: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CHARACTER FROM SHĪRĪN TO BŪRĀN-DUKHT

1 The Turandot Tale
2 Shīrīn and Other Figures of the Misogamist Woman in Persian Literature
3 Būrān, the Daughter of Khursraw Parvīz
4 Būrān, the Wife of Caliph al-Maʾmūn
5 Būrān-dukht Back to Persia, and Her Association with Riddles and Enigmatic Expressions
6 The Turandot Tale in Europe: Origins of the Name ‘Turandot’