Fifty Poems of Hafiz

by A.J. Arberry

Book Overview

Hafiz, the greatest lyric poet of Persia, was first introduced to English readers in the translation by Sir William Jones in the latter half of the eighteenth century. The present selection (fifty poems, with their English poetical versions by fourteen different hands) has the double object of exhibiting the various aspects of Hafiz' style and thought, and of representing how English scholars have attempted to render his poetry in their own language...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521101506
• ISBN13: 9780521101509
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"