Ali Bazund

Reassessing Khāqāni’s Position in Light of Zarrinkoub’s Concept of “Literary Ideology”

The present study aims to examine the position of Afzal al-Din Khāqāni Shirvani in the history of Persian literature on the basis of Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub’s theory of “literary ideology.” As one of the most complex poets associated with the technical style, Khāqāni has consistently occupied an intermediary position b...