This volume is intended for an introduction to the study of the epics. While the simplicity and directness of the epic style seem to make such a book unnecessar

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This work examines the entire corpus of the Sistani Cycle of Epics, both parts included in Ferdowsi’s Shāhnāmeh and those appearing in separate manuscripts.