1. The historical context -- 2. The appropriation of an Avestan hero and the birth of the House of Rostam -- 3. The zenith of Suren power -- 4. The downtrodden Sistani heroes -- 5. The polemics of making heroes and anti-heroes -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: The Sistani cycle of epics: stories and their manuscripts -- Appendix B: Narrations of Bahman's reign
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed on November 19, 2015)
