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Richard Davis, Professor and Chair
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300G Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, Columbus, OH, 43210
Phone: 614-292-5643
Fax: 614-292-1262
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http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/davis77/
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300G Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, Columbus, OH, 43210
Phone: 614-292-5643
Fax: 614-292-1262
Personal URL(s):
http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/davis77/
and: http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/davis77/CV.htm
B.A., Cambridge University, 1966
M.A., Cambridge University, 1970
Ph.D., Manchester University, 1988
Dr. Davis's particular interest is medieval Persian poetry, but he is also concerned with the history and problems of verse translation. His published works include translations of the Manteq Altair of Attar (1984, with Afkham Darbandi); an edition of Fitzgerald's translations of Khayyam (1990), The Legend of Seyavash of Ferdowsi (1992), and Epic and Sedition: A Study of Ferdowsi's 'Shahnameh' (1992);translations of medieval Persian epigams, Borrowed Ware (1996): and a comic novel by Iraj Pezeshkzad entitled My Uncle Napoleon (1996). His most recent publications are "Panthea's Children: Hellenistic Novels and Medieval Persian Romances" (2002), and translations of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh (2005, 2006) and Gorgani's Vis and Ramin (2008).
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