Ghalib 1797-1869: Life and Letters - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 019563506X ISBN 13: 9780195635065

Casa editrice: OUP India, 1994

Riassunto

Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797-1869), noble, poet, and wit of Mughal Delhi in the twilight years before the crushing of the revolt of 1857 finally extinguished Mughal power, has long been possibly the most famous and the most popular of the poets of Urdu and Persian that the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent has produced. His frankness, his humorous good nature, and his cheerfully avowed unorthodoxy with regard to the more irksome formalities of his Muslim religion, made him something of a legend even in his own lifetime. Collections of his numerous letters to his friends were published just before his death, and not many years later his friend and younger contemporary Hali wrote his Memoir of Ghalib, itself one of the classics of Urdu literature. Hitherto very little of Ghalib has appeared in English, and that little has circulated almost entirely within India and Pakistan. The present volume consists in the main of translations from Hali's Memoir, Ghalib's Persian and Urdu letters, his diary of the revolt of 1857, and other materials. These materials are arranged, with the minimum of connective narrative, to tell the story of his life.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Ralph W. Russell received his MA in Finance from the University of Michigan. he has been a Certified Financial Planner for more than 15 years, and has had his own firm for almost 10 years. Mr. Russell lives with his wife and son in a western suburb of Chicago.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: OUP India
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 019563506X
• ISBN 13: 9780195635065
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 404
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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