In the Alley of the Friend - (Middle East Literature in Translation) by Shahrokh Meskoob (Paperback)
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Highlights
- The celebrated and beloved fourteenth-century Persian poet Hafez continues to play an essential role in the lives of Iranians today.
- About the Author: Shahrokh Meskoob (1924-2005) was a translator, writer, scholar, and one of the most influential public intellectuals in Iran.
- 312 Pages
- Literary Criticism, Middle Eastern
- Series Name: Middle East Literature in Translation
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The celebrated and beloved fourteenth-century Persian poet Hafez continues to play an essential role in the lives of Iranians today. For centuries, scholars have studied his work, exploringboth his life and his deeply moving poetry of love, spirituality, and protest. Yet, Shahrokh Meskoob is one of the first scholars to take an innovative approach to Hafez's poetry. Meskoob goes beyond a linguistic and rhetorical analysis of Hafez's poetry in the Divan to access the interior thoughts of the poet and summon his spirit in the process of understanding Hafez's mysticism.Review Quotes
One of those rare books that gives profound insight into a very different culture.--Geoffrey Squires "translator of Hafez: Translations and Interpretations of the Ghazals"
About the Author
Shahrokh Meskoob (1924-2005) was a translator, writer, scholar, and one of the most influential public intellectuals in Iran. He published translations of Sophocles's Antigone and Oedipus Rex, and Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath.
M. R. Ghanoonparvar is professor emeritus of Persian and comparative literature at the University of Texas at Austin.Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 9.1 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)
Weight: .9 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Middle East Literature in Translation
Sub-Genre: Middle Eastern
Genre: Literary Criticism
Number of Pages: 312
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Shahrokh Meskoob
Language: Persian
Street Date: January 11, 2019
TCIN: 89706647
UPC: 9780815636175
Item Number (DPCI): 247-06-9864
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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