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Ghazals translations of classic Urdu poetry
The prolific Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810), widely regarded as the most accomplished poet in Urdu, composed his ghazals--a poetic form of rhyming couplets--in a distinctive Indian style arising from the Persian ghazal tradition. Here, the lover and beloved live in a world of extremes: the outsider is the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Urdu |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard University Press
2022
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| Colección: | Murty classical library of India ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The prolific Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810), widely regarded as the most accomplished poet in Urdu, composed his ghazals--a poetic form of rhyming couplets--in a distinctive Indian style arising from the Persian ghazal tradition. Here, the lover and beloved live in a world of extremes: the outsider is the hero, prosperity is poverty, and death would be preferable to the indifference of the beloved. Ghazals offers a comprehensive collection of Mir's finest work, translated by a renowned expert on Urdu poetry |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 9780674276499 0674276493 9780674276482 0674276485 |