Ravishing DisUnities: Real Ghazals in English

by Shahid Ali Agha

Book Overview

A star-studded anthology infuses English poetry with the rigor and wit of a foreign form.

In recent years, the ghazal (pronounced "ghuzzle"), a traditional Arabic form of poetry, has become popular among contemporary English language poets. But like the haiku before it, the ghazal has been widely misunderstood and thus most English ghazals have been far from the mark in both letter and spirit. This anthology brings together ghazals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819564370
• ISBN13: 9780819564375
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up