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Borrowed Ware: Medieval Persian Epigrams

Borrowed Ware: Medieval Persian Epigrams

Rudaki, Sa'di Rumi Hafez
Davis, Dick

Paperback

General PhotographyGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 0934211388
ISBN13: 9780934211383
Publisher: Mage Publ Inc
Published: Jun 1 2004
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.48 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Poet and translator Dick Davis brings together a collection of epigrams by poets from the 'classic' period of Persian literature. It makes a fascinating introduction to a literature that is little known in the West, and incidentally provides insight into a vanished and extraordinary way of life. Davis's prodigious scholarship of Persian poetry has enabled him to select a wide range of poems, from both famous and little-known poets. Davis has maintained exceptional faithfulness to the original Persian while recasting the poems' grace and drive in English. The book also contains a lucid and entertaining introduction, and informative notes on each of the sixty-eight poets whose work is included. Each poem is faced by the text in delicate Persian nasta'liq calligraphy by Amir Hossein Tabnak.

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