Bibliography: BIB23092

web link	bahai-library.com/bibliography/BIB23092
reference type	Journal Article
title	Táhirih : A Portrait in Poetry
journal	Journal of Bahá'í Studies
author	Banani, Amin
authority control	Amin Banani
year	2000
date	March–June 2000
issue	1-2
volume	10
abstract	Most accounts of Táhirih have been either adulatory or hagiographic, vituperative and condemnatory, or facile and distortive. She has been depicted either as a saintly martyr, a cunning vixen,. or a fiery feminist. If the truly heroic dimensions of her life and of her character are to be appreciated, she must be viewed as she saw herself and within the context of her own culture. It is her poetry that both reveals the layers of her complex motivations, and makes her accessible. The aim of this essay is to allow her own voice, through her poems, to speak for herself, her time, and her motivations.
notes	Thirteenth Hasan Balyuzi Memorial Lecture.
language	English
keywords	TAHIRIH; BIOGRAPHY; POETRY; WOMEN; COURAGE
pages	1–10