The Mirror of My Heart (Bilingual Edition): A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 194944516X ISBN 13 : 9781949445169

Editeur : Mage Publishers, 2020

Synopsis

This new bilingual edition of The Mirror of My Heart - the poems in Persian and English on facing pages - is a unique and captivating collection introduced and translated by Dick Davis, an acclaimed scholar and translator of Persian literature as well as a gifted poet in his own right. In his introduction he provides fascinating background detail on Persian poetry written by women through the ages, including common themes and motifs and a brief overview of Iranian history showing how women poets have been affected by the changing dynasties. From Rabe'eh in the tenth century to Fatemeh Ekhtesari in the twenty-first, each of the eighty-four poets in this volume is introduced in a short biographical note, while explanatory notes give further insight into the poems themselves.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dick Davis is an accomplished poet and scholar; he is also the finest translator of Persian poetry. With Layli and Majnun, he brings Nezamis classic to life for the first time in brilliant and moving English verse that captures all the extraordinary power and ingenuity of the original poem. Meanwhile, an introduction and copious explanatory notes shed a fascinating light on Nezamis life and work, and the astonishing virtuosity of his poetic style, that help set the stage for the readers enjoyment of this tour de force of Persian literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mage Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 194944516X
• ISBN 13: 9781949445169
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 600
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