Publication
Imprint: Ashland, Oregon : White Cloud Press, c1995. Responsibility: Hafiz, translated from Persian by Elizabeth T. Gray. OCLC Number: 30671171. Physical: Text : 1 volume : x, 170 pages ; 23 cm. Features: Includes bibliography and notes.
Call number
GT-I-S / Hafiz
ISBN
1883991064 / 9781883991067
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: Hafiz is the preeminent poet of Persian Sufism and one of the great poets of world literature. The Green Sea of Heaven is regarded as the finest English translation of his poetry. Elizabeth Gray’s translations are informed by her thorough knowledge of Persian and the Persian poetic tradition. (Many recent books attributed to Hafiz have been produced by persons who do not know Persian at all!) This bilingual edition also includes two brilliant studies of Hafiz by Gray and Daryush Shayegan, plus helpful notes to the translation.
Table of Contents: Translator's introduction
The visionary topography of Hafiz
Fifty Ghazals
Notes
FY1999 /
Table of Contents: Translator's introduction
The visionary topography of Hafiz
Fifty Ghazals
Notes
FY1999 /
Physical description
x, 170 p.; 23 cm
Description
Hafiz is the preeminent poet of Persian Sufism and one of the great poets of world literature.The Green Sea of Heaven is regarded as the finest English translation of his poetry. Elizabeth Gray's translations are informed by her thorough knowledge of Persian and the Persian poetic tradition. (Many recent books attributed to Hafiz have been produced by persons who do not know Persian at all!) This bilingual edition also includes two brilliant studies of Hafiz by Gray and Daryush Shayegan, plus helpful notes to the translation.
Language
Original language
Farsi/Persian
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