The Entry on Children’s Literature in Encyclopaedia Iranica and Reflections on It
Document Type : pajoohesh
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10.22081/jap.2025.77759
Abstract
Encyclopaedia Iranica is a major English-language reference work on Iranian studies, under publication in the United States for over four decades. The entry on children’s literature, written by Ehsan Yarshater, was included in Volume V, Fascicle 4 of the Encyclopaedia Iranica and published in 1991.
This article presents the second encyclopedic entry dedicated to Persian children’s literature—following the earlier entry “Adabīyāt-e Aṭfāl va Nuwjavānān” in the Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif-e Fārsī (edited by Muṣaḥeb). Now, more than thirty years later, Yarshater’s article has been translated into Persian with necessary corrections and annotations.
This article presents the second encyclopedic entry dedicated to Persian children’s literature—following the earlier entry “Adabīyāt-e Aṭfāl va Nuwjavānān” in the Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif-e Fārsī (edited by Muṣaḥeb). Now, more than thirty years later, Yarshater’s article has been translated into Persian with necessary corrections and annotations.
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