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8vo, rdcover in dj, xxi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents: Ta'ziyeh : indigenous avant-garde theatre of Iran / Peter J. Chelkowski An analysis of a Ta'ziyeh of Qasem / Sadeq Humayuni Cultural dimensions of performance conventions in Iranian Ta'ziyeh / William O. Beeman Semiological aspects of the Ta'ziyeh / Andrzej Wirth Literary and musical developments in Ta'ziyeh / Anayatullah Shahidi The Ta'ziyeh and related arts / Samuel R. Peterson Ta'ziyeh and pre-Islamic mourning rites in Iran / Ehsan Yarshater Ta'ziyeh and its philosophy / Mayel Baktash Le patronage des Ta'ziyeh : elÈments pour une etude globale / Jean Calmard Quelques considerations comparatives entre les reituels du Ta'ziyeh Iranien les 'Spectacles de la Passion' du Moyen Age ChrÈtien en Occident / Enrico Fulchignoni The effect of European theatre and the influence of its theatrical methods upon Ta'ziyeh / Muhammad Ja'far Mahjub Ta'ziyeh from the viewpoint of the Western theatre / Parviz Mamnoun The literary sources of the Ta'ziyeh / L.P. Elwell-Sutton Stereotyped imagery in the Ta'ziyeh / William L. Hanaway, Jr Elegy in the Qajar period / Zahra Eqbal (Namdar) The Marsiyeh in Sindhi poetry / Annemarie Schimmel Muharram ceremonies in India / Syed Husain Ali Jaffri Shi'ism and Ashura in South Lebanon / Michel M. Mazzaoui The Muharram observances in Anatolian Turkey / Metin And Bibliographical spectrum / Peter J. Chelkowski Notes: Proceedings of an international symposium on Ta'ziyeh held in Aug. 1976 at the Shiraz Festival of Arts, Shiraz, Iran.