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This selection of poetry and prose by Ghalib provides an accessible
and wide-ranging introduction to the preeminent Urdu poet of the
nineteenth century. Ghalib's poems, especially his ghazals, remain
beloved throughout South Asia for their arresting intelligence and
lively wit. His letters-informal, humorous, and deeply
personal-reveal the vigor of his prose style and the warmth of his
friendships. These careful translations allow readers with little
or no knowledge of Urdu to appreciate the wide range of Ghalib's
poetry, from his gift for extreme simplicity to his taste for
unresolvable complexities of structure. Beginning with a critical
introduction for nonspecialists and specialists alike, Frances
Pritchett and Owen Cornwall present a selection of Ghalib's works,
carefully annotating details of poetic form. Their translation
maintains line-for-line accuracy and thereby preserves complex
poetic devices that play upon the tension between the two lines of
each verse. The book includes whole ghazals, selected individual
verses from other ghazals, poems in other genres, and letters. The
book also includes a glossary, the Urdu text of the original
poetry, and an appendix containing Ghalib's comments on his own
verses.
This selection of poetry and prose by Ghalib provides an accessible
and wide-ranging introduction to the preeminent Urdu poet of the
nineteenth century. Ghalib's poems, especially his ghazals, remain
beloved throughout South Asia for their arresting intelligence and
lively wit. His letters-informal, humorous, and deeply
personal-reveal the vigor of his prose style and the warmth of his
friendships. These careful translations allow readers with little
or no knowledge of Urdu to appreciate the wide range of Ghalib's
poetry, from his gift for extreme simplicity to his taste for
unresolvable complexities of structure. Beginning with a critical
introduction for nonspecialists and specialists alike, Frances
Pritchett and Owen Cornwall present a selection of Ghalib's works,
carefully annotating details of poetic form. Their translation
maintains line-for-line accuracy and thereby preserves complex
poetic devices that play upon the tension between the two lines of
each verse. The book includes whole ghazals, selected individual
verses from other ghazals, poems in other genres, and letters. The
book also includes a glossary, the Urdu text of the original
poetry, and an appendix containing Ghalib's comments on his own
verses.
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