Consists chiefly of essays presented at a conference on Parvin Eʻtesami held March 17-19, 1989, at the University of Chicago. Persian Farsi collection.

A few words on Parvin E'tesami /Jalal Matini -- Parvin E'tesami, the Magna Mater, and the culture of the patriarchs / Leonardo Alishan -- Of poetics, politics and the ethics: the legacy of Parvin E'tesami / Hamid Dabashi -- Impersonality in Parvin E'tesami's poetry / Fereshteh Davaran -- Parvin E'tesami and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: contrasts in unison / Faridoun Farrokh -- Parvin E'tesami's Utopia / M. R. Ghanoonparvar -- The unconventional Parvin: an analysis of Parvin E'tesami's "Jula-ye Khoda" (God's Weaver) / Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak -- Judith Shakespeare and Parviz E'tesami / Farzaneh Milani -- Parvin E'tesami's niche in the pantheon of Persian poetry / Heshmat Moayyad -- A new perspective in twentieth century Persian poetry / Rivanne Sandler -- Addendum: ten poems of Parvin E'tesami.