The Mirror Of My Heart A Thousand Years Of Persian Poetry By Women
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The Mirror Of My Heart
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2021-02-09
The Mirror Of My Heart written by and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-09 with Poetry categories.
An anthology of verse by women poets writing in Persian, most of whom have never been translated into English before, from acclaimed scholar and translator Dick Davis. A Penguin Classic The Mirror of My Heart is a unique and captivating collection of eighty-three Persian women poets, many of whom wrote anonymously or were punished for their outspokenness. One of the very first Persian poets was a woman (Rabe'eh, who lived over a thousand years ago) and there have been women poets writing in Persian in virtually every generation since that time until the present. Before the twentieth century they tended to come from society's social extremes--many were princesses, some were entertainers, but many were wives and daughters who wrote simply for their own entertainment, and they were active in many different countries - Iran, India, Afghanistan, and areas of central Asia that are now Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. From Rabe'eh in the tenth century to Fatemeh Ekhtesari in the twenty-first, the women poets found in The Mirror of My Heart write across the millennium on such universal topics as marriage, children, political climate, death, and emancipation, recreating life from hundreds of years ago that is strikingly similar to our own today and giving insight into their experiences as women throughout different points of Persian history. The volume is introduced and translated by Dick Davis, a scholar and translator of Persian literature as well as a gifted poet in his own right.
The Mirror Of My Heart A Thousand Years Of Persian Poetry By Women
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Author : Rabe`eh Balkhi
language : en
Publisher: Mage Publishers
Release Date : 2023-05-09
The Mirror Of My Heart A Thousand Years Of Persian Poetry By Women written by Rabe`eh Balkhi and has been published by Mage Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-09 with Poetry categories.
One of the very first Persian poets was a woman (Rabe’eh, who lived over a thousand years ago) and there have been women poets writing in Persian in virtually every generation since that time until the present. Before the twentieth century they tended to come from society’s social extremes. Many were princesses, a good number were hired entertainers of one kind or another, and they were active in many different countries – Iran of course, but also India, Afghanistan, and areas of central Asia that are now Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. Not surprisingly, a lot of their poetry sounds like that of their male counterparts, but a lot doesn’t; there are distinctively bawdy and flirtatious poems by medieval women poets, poems from virtually every era in which the poet complains about her husband (sometimes light-heartedly, sometimes with poignant seriousness), touching poems on the death of a child, and many epigrams centered on little details that bring a life from hundreds of years ago vividly before our eyes. 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.
Faces Of Love Hafez And The Poets Of Shiraz
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Author : Mohammad Hafez-e Shirazi
language : en
Publisher: Mage Publishers
Release Date : 2023-05-09
Faces Of Love Hafez And The Poets Of Shiraz written by Mohammad Hafez-e Shirazi and has been published by Mage Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-09 with Poetry categories.
A Two Colored Brocade
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Author : Annemarie Schimmel
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2014-02-01
A Two Colored Brocade written by Annemarie Schimmel and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Annemarie Schimmel, one of the world's foremost authorities on Persian literature, provides a comprehensive introduction to the complicated and highly sophisticated system of rhetoric and imagery used by the poets of Iran, Ottoman Turkey, and Muslim India. She shows that these images have been used and refined over the centuries and reflect the changing conditions in the Muslim world. According to Schimmel, Persian poetry does not aim to be spontaneous in spirit or highly personal in form. Instead it is rooted in conventions and rules of prosody, rhymes, and verbal instrumentation. Ideally, every verse should be like a precious stone--perfectly formed and multifaceted--and convey the dynamic relationship between everyday reality and the transcendental. Persian poetry, Schimmel explains, is more similar to medieval European verse than Western poetry as it has been written since the Romantic period. The characteristic verse form is the ghazal--a set of rhyming couplets--which serves as a vehicle for shrouding in conventional tropes the poet's real intentions. Because Persian poetry is neither narrative nor dramatic in its overall form, its strength lies in an "architectonic" design; each precisely expressed image is carefully fitted into a pattern of linked figures of speech. Schimmel shows that at its heart Persian poetry transforms the world into a web of symbols embedded in Islamic culture.
The Epic Of Kings Hero Tales Of Ancient Persia
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Author : Firdausi
language : en
Publisher: Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
Release Date : 2021-11-16
The Epic Of Kings Hero Tales Of Ancient Persia written by Firdausi and has been published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-16 with History categories.
The Epic of Kings, Hero Tales of Ancient Persia Firdausi - The Epic of Kings, Hero Tales of Ancient Persia (The Shahnameh) is an epic poem by the Persian poet Firdausi, written between 966 and 1010 AD. Telling the past of the Persian empire, using a mix of the mythical and historical, it is regarded as a literary masterpiece. Not only important to the Persian culture, it is also important to modern day followers of the Zoroastrianism religion. It is said that the poem was Firdausi's efforts to preserve the memory of Persia's golden days, following the fall of the Sassanid empire. The poem contains, among others, mentions of the romance of Zal and Rudba, Alexander the Great, the wars with Afrsyb, and the romance of Bijan and Manijeh.
Islamic Mystical Poetry
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Author : Mahmood Jamal
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2009-10-29
Islamic Mystical Poetry written by Mahmood Jamal and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-29 with Religion categories.
Written from the ninth to the twentieth century, these poems represent the peak of Islamic Mystical writing, from Rabia Basri to Mian Mohammad Baksh. Reflecting both private devotional love and the attempt to attain union with God and become absorbed into the Divine, many poems in this edition are imbued with the symbols and metaphors that develop many of the central ideas of Sufism: the Lover, the Beloved, the Wine, and the Tavern; while others are more personal and echo the poet's battle to leave earthly love behind. These translations capture the passion of the original poetry and are accompanied by an introduction on Sufism and the common themes apparent in the works. This edition also includes suggested further reading.
Persian Love Poetry
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Author : Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis
language : en
Publisher: Interlink Books
Release Date : 2013-09-15
Persian Love Poetry written by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis and has been published by Interlink Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-15 with Poetry categories.
Love is a major theme in Persian poetry and can be interpreted in various ways—as mystic love, the basis of the relationship between humans and God, or as passionate or affectionate love between lovers, husbands and wives, parents and children, family and friends, or even as patriotic love of Iran. The literary style and indeed the Persian language itself are floral and elaborate, but the themes differ little from our preoccupations with love and romance today. This collection of extracts has been selected from the best of traditional and contemporary Persian poetry. Each poem is illustrated with a fine example of Persian art from the collections of the British Museum. With a brief introduction to the Persian poetic tradition and a short biographical note about each of the poets, this beautiful anthology is the perfect way to discover the treasures of Persian literature and art.
A Millennium Of Classical Persian Poetry
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Author : Wheeler McIntosh Thackston
language : en
Publisher: Ibex Publishers, Inc.
Release Date : 1994
A Millennium Of Classical Persian Poetry written by Wheeler McIntosh Thackston and has been published by Ibex Publishers, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Poetry categories.
"A Millennium Of Classical Persian Poetry" is a guide to the reading & understanding of Persian poetry from the tenth to the twentieth century.
Nine Indian Women Poets
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Author : Eunice De Souza
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2001
Nine Indian Women Poets written by Eunice De Souza and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Literary Collections categories.
This Anthology Concentrates On Nine Significant Contemporary Poets Writing In English, Aiming To Represent Adequately The Variety In Each Poets Work.
Sectarian Politics In The Persian Gulf
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Author : Lawrence G. Potter
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2014-06-01
Sectarian Politics In The Persian Gulf written by Lawrence G. Potter and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-01 with Social Science categories.
Long a taboo topic, as well as one that has alarmed outside powers, sectarian conflict in the Middle East is on the rise. The contributors to this book examine sectarian politics in the Persian Gulf, including the GCC states, Yemen, Iran and Iraq, and consider the origins and con- sequences of sectarianism broadly construed, as it affects ethnic, tribal and religious groups. They also present a theoretical and comparative framework for understanding sectarianism, as well as country-specific chapters based on recent research in the area. Key issues that are scrutinised include the nature of sectarianism, how identity moves from a passive to an active state, and the mechanisms that trigger conflict. The strategies of governments such as rentier economies and the 'invention' of partisan national histories that encourage or manage sectarian differences are also highlighted, as is the role of outside powers in fostering sectarian strife. The volume also seeks to clarify whether movements such as the Islamic revival or the Arab Spring obscure the continued salience of religious and ethnic cleavages.