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A Literary History of Persia Edward G. Browne, 4 volumes, reprinted Iran‐books / Ibex Publishers, Bethesda, 1997. - The Divan‐i Hafiz H. Wilberforce‐Clarke, reprinted Iranbooks/Ibex Publishers, Bethesda, 1998. - Modern Persian Prose Literature Hassan Kamshad, reprinted Iranbooks/Ibex Publishers, ...more
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Research Interests: Art, Persian Literature, Literature, Narrative, Poetry, and 3 morePersian, Popularity, and Depiction
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Introduction Seven Thousand Years of Wine Wine and Persian Poetry Under a New Sun - The Darioush Winery At the Table Index.
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Firdowsi is the epic poet of Persia. In this book, Dick Davis translates Firdowski's story of the "Book of Kings" into couplets along the same lines as his version of Attar.
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Thomas Traherne's poems were discovered in London in 1896 and originally assigned in error to Henry Vaughan. Later scholarship has established their true authorship. Traherne (1637-1674) was a remarkable religious writer. The son of a... more
Thomas Traherne's poems were discovered in London in 1896 and originally assigned in error to Henry Vaughan. Later scholarship has established their true authorship. Traherne (1637-1674) was a remarkable religious writer. The son of a Hereford shoe-maker, he was well-educated, took religious orders and pursued a varied career. Prior to the discovery of his poems, he was best known for his 'Centuries of Meditations', of which passages from the third are most widely anthologised. The visionary precision of his prose characterises his verse as well: he is a not altogether orthodox mystic, and in his best work a fine writer altogether. Dick Davis, himself a notable young poet, presents a selection from the full range of Traherne's poetry and prose and provides a critical and biographical introduction.
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... V is and Ramin, an eleventh-century Persian romance, bears strong resemblances to the European tale of Tristan and Isolde; and as its date of ... Now lip to lip and cheek to cheek they lay And struck the ball of pleasure into play; So... more
... V is and Ramin, an eleventh-century Persian romance, bears strong resemblances to the European tale of Tristan and Isolde; and as its date of ... Now lip to lip and cheek to cheek they lay And struck the ball of pleasure into play; So close together were their bodies pressed That ...
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With our third and final volume of stories from the Shahnameh we move from mythology and legend to romanticized history. Here the mighty events that shook ancient Persia from the time of Alexander of Macedons conquest to the Arab invasion... more
With our third and final volume of stories from the Shahnameh we move from mythology and legend to romanticized history. Here the mighty events that shook ancient Persia from the time of Alexander of Macedons conquest to the Arab invasion of the 7th century CE are reflected in the stirring and poignant narratives of Ferdowsi, the master poet who took on himself the task of preserving his countrys great pre-Islamic heritage. We see vast empires rise and fall, the rule of noble kings and cruel tyrants, the fortunes of a people buffeted by contending tides of history. Larger than life individuals are vividly depicted -- the impulsive, pleasure-loving king Bahram Gur, the wise vizier Bozarjmehr, the brave rebel Bahram Chubineh, his loyal defiant sister Gordyeh, and many others -- but we also see many vignettes of everyday life in the villages and towns of ancient Persia, and in this part of the Shahnameh Ferdowsi indulges his talent for sly humor much more than in the earlier tales. The poem rises to its magnificent climax in its last pages, when the tragic end of an era is recorded and Ferdowsi and his characters look with foreboding towards an unstable and fearful future. Breathtaking miniatures from the finest Persian Shahnameh manuscripts of the 16th and 17th centuries, many of them published here for the first time, heighten the emotional impact of the text.
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Introduction Ethics of the Aristocrats Definitions The Treatise of One Hundred Maxims The Joyous Treatise Cat & Mouse Bibliography Index.
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Composed in the twelfth century in north-eastern Iran, Attar's great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvellous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism an esoteric... more
Composed in the twelfth century in north-eastern Iran, Attar's great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvellous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism an esoteric system concerned with the search for truth through God it describes the consequences of the conference of the birds of the world when they meet to begin the search for their ideal king, the Simorgh bird. On hearing that to find him they must undertake an arduous journey, the birds soon express their reservations to their leader, the hoopoe. With eloquence and insight, however, the hoopoe calms their fears, using a series of riddling parables to provide guidance in the search for spiritual truth. By turns witty and profound, The Conference of the Birds transforms deep belief into magnificent poetry.
