Also known as Farsi, Persian has largely retained the same lingual features, meaning and structure of written work as far back as the 13 th century. Learning the language has unlocked for me the ...

Dominic Parviz Brookshaw, Guest Editor's Introduction: Love and Desire in Pre-modern Persian Poetry and Prose, Iranian Studies, Vol. 42, No. 5, Special Issue: Love And Desire in Pre-Modern Persian ...