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Our Common Text 2004-2005
House of Sand and Fog
Persian Literature Resources
Searching Wallace Library's Einstein Catalog provides information relating to Persian literature. Remember, you can do a keyword search or a subject search to locate information on a topic. When doing a keyword search, you can make use of Boolean searching by combining your search words with the words and, or, not. Advanced searching will allow you to set some limitations to your search results. Materials in this library are shelved by subject so once you identify the call number range for a subject, browsing the appropriate shelf area is often a useful strategy. Below is a small sampling of titles along with their call numbers and the floor location. Books with beginning call letters A-M are located on the 4th floor while call letters N-Z can be found on the 3rd floor.
Arabic and Persian Poems in English. PJ7694.E3P6b, 3rd floor.
I Want Burning [sound recording] : The Ecstatic World of Rumi, Hafiz, and Lalla. Multi 251, On Reserve at Library Circulation Desk.
A Literary History of Persia. PK6097.B7 1964, 3rd floor.
Look! This is Love: Poems of Rumi. PK6480.E5 S35 1996. 3rd floor.
Medieval Persian Court Poetry. PK6416 .M45 1987, 3rd floor.
Modern Persian Prose Literature.PK6423.K3, 3rd floor.
Persian Poetry in Kashmir, 1339-1846; an Introduction, PK6416.T5 P5, 3rd floor.
A Persian Anthology, Being Translations From the Persian. PK6449 .E B7, 3rd floor.
Persian Poems, an aAnthology of Verse Translations. PK6449.E5 A79, 3rd floor.
Poems From the Persian. PK6449.E5 B6, 3rd floor.
Readings From the Mystics of Isl¯am. BP189.23 .S64 1972, 4th floor.
Rending the Veil : Literal and Poetic Translations of Rumi. PK6481.D6 E3 1995. 3rd floor.
The Secrets of the Self = Asrár-i-khudí : A Philosophical Poem .PK6561.I5 A7513 1972. 3rd floor.
The Soul of Rumi :A New Collection of Ecstatic Poems. PK6480.E5 J35 2001. 3rd floor.
Sounds of Poetry: Coleman Barks, VH2425D. ETC/Media Resource Center. A-Level Library.
A Spiritual Treasury. K6480.E5 M33 2000. 3rd floor.
Studies in Islamic Poetry. PJ827 .N5 1969
, 3rd floor.
Research Databases:
Click on the above link for the complete list of the RIT Library's Online Databases. Suggested databases are listed below.
Academic Search Elite: Provides information on a wide range of academic areas including business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, education and multi-cultural topics. It features full text for over 1,200 journals with many dating back to 1990, abstracts and indexing for over 3,000 scholarly journals, and coverage of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Christian Science Monitor.
Arts and Humanities Search: Online version ISI's Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Covers world's leading arts and humanities journals in a broad range of disciplines and more.
Humanities Full Text: Feature articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, reviews of plays, operas, ballets, dance, musicals, movies, and TV and radio programs.
MLA International Bibliography: Index to articles in literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore from several thousand journals and series published worldwide.
Wilson Omni Full Text Mega: Covers six of Wilson's full-text databases: Education, General Science, Humanities, Readers' Guide, Social Sciences and Business. In addition, select full-text articles from five additional periodical databases are also included when available: Applied Science & Technology, Art, Biological & Agricultural, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, Library Literature & Information Science.
Select Internet Resources Relating to Persian Literature:
Development of Iranian Literatures: from the book: Persian Literature by Ehsan Yarshater.
Forugh Farrokhzad: Selectred works and biographical information.
Hafiz Life and Poetry: Life and Poetry of Khajeh Shamseddin Mohammad Hafiz Shirazi
Iran Saga: Persian Literature
Iranian.Com: Provides a link to an excerpt from Marjane Satraphi's "graphic memoir", Persepolis 2. Site provides a slice of Iranian-American life with commentary, art, fiction, and personals.
Iranian Literature and Culture. The English Centre of International PEN site.
Iranian Women Poets: Part of the Iran Saga site.
A Literary Saloon and Site of Review. Index of Persian and Iranian Literature.
Old Iranian Literature. Epic literature of ancient Iran.
Persian Literature: Selected Poems.
Persian Poema: A collection of Persian poets: works and biographical information.
Persian Poets, Poetry and Poetic Art: 1000+ years of Persian Poetry.
Ahmad Shamlu: Official Site.
Study of Love Poems of Hafez
Treasures of Persian Literature.
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