Veils and Words

The Emerging Voices of Iranian Women Writers

• Author(s): Farzaneh Milani,
• Publisher: I.B.Tauris
• Pages: 295
• ISBN_10: 1850435758
  ISBN_13: 9781850435754
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / Middle Eastern , Literary Criticism / Women Authors , Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory ,

Description:... This is the first book in any language about the writing of women in Iran. For centuries any sense that there could be a literary tradition among women was suppressed. Since the middle of the 19th century, however, a number a of pioneering women have defied the traditional order to produce poetry and novels of the highest quality; but many of them have paid for their courage with accusations of immorality, promiscuity, heresy and even lunacy.