Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

Ghalib

Selected Poems and Letters
Übersetzer: Pritchett, Frances; Cornwall, Owen T. A.

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Produktbeschreibung

This selection of poetry and prose by Ghalib provides an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the preeminent Urdu poet of the nineteenth century. Ghalibâ s poems, especially his ghazals, remain beloved throughout South Asia for their arresting intelligence and lively wit

Produktdetails

• Translations from the Asian Classics
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 151mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 348g
• ISBN-13: 9780231182072
• ISBN-10: 0231182074
• Artikelnr.: 54797695

Autorenporträt

Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib. Translated by Frances W. Pritchett and Owen T. A. Cornwall

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Ghalib's Life and Times
Part One: Ghazals
Part Two: Ghazal Verses
Part Three: Other Genres
1. Poems
2. Letters
3. Prose
Notes
Appendix 1. Ghalib's Comments on His Own Verses
Appendix 2. Ghalib Concordance, with Standard Divan Numbers
Glossary of Technical Terms and Proper Names
Bibliography
Index
Urdu Text