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Guest Editor's Introduction: The Shahnameh of Ferdowsi as World Literature

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Franklin Lewis
Franklin Lewis*
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Iranian Studies , Volume 48 , Issue 3: The Shahnameh of Ferdowsi as World Literature , May 2015 , pp. 313 - 336
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