Faces of Love - Hafez & the Poets of Shiraz (Paperback)

A giant of world literature, an eloquent princess, a dissolute satirist -- these are the three voices translated from fourteenth-century Persian by Dick Davis in Faces of Love. Together, they represent one of the most remarkable literary flowerings of any era. All three -- Hafez, Jahan Malek Khatun, and Obayd-e Zakani -- lived in Shiraz, a provincial capital in south-central Iran, and all drew support from arts-loving rulers at a time better known for invasions and political violence. Love was a frequent subject of their work: spiritual as well as secular, in varieties embracing every aspect of the human heart. They could hardly have been more different. Hafez -- destined to win fame throughout the world -- wrote lyrical poetry that was subtle, elusive, and rich in ambiguity. Jahan -- largely forgotten until recent decades -- was a privileged princess who could evoke passion, longing and heartbreak with uncanny power. (As Davis says: "To have this extraordinary poets fascinating and often very beautiful poems emerge from six hundred years of virtual oblivion seems almost miraculous") Obayd -- a satirist and truth-teller -- celebrated every pleasure of the flesh in language of astonishing and occasionally obscene honesty.

General

Imprint:	Mage Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2012
First published:	August 2012
Authors:	Shams al-Din Mohammad Hafez • Jahan Malek Khatun • Obayd-e Zakani
Translators:	Dick Davis
Dimensions:	210 x 135 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	252
ISBN-13:	978-1-933823-53-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of specific groups > Teaching of ethnic minorities
LSN:	1-933823-53-4
Barcode:	9781933823539

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