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Behnam Fomeshi, « Roger Sedarat. Emerson in Iran: The American Appropriation of Persian Poetry », Abstracta Iranica, ID : 10.4000/abstractairanica.54364
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It might seem paradoxical that Emerson, the writer of the essay “Self-Reliance”, adopted the name of another poet, the Persian-speaking Sa’di. As an attempt at resolving this paradox, this volume elaborates on the relation between Emerson’s claim of originality in the formation of American literature and his appropriation of Persian poetry. It consists of an introduction, six chapters, notes, a bibliography, and an index. Chapter One elaborates on the similarity between Emerson’s Platonic vie...