After Tomorrow the Days Disappear : Ghazals and Other Poems / Hasan Sijzi, Rebecca Gould.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sijzi, Hasan, author.

Gould, Rebecca Ruth, author.

Series:

Northwestern world classics

Northwestern World Classics

Language:

English

Genre:

Poetry.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (138 pages).

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Northwestern University Press, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Hasan Sijzi is considered the originator of the Indo-Persian ghazal, a poetic form that endures to this day - from the legacy of Hasan's poetic descendent, Hafez, to contemporary Anglophone poets such as John Hollander, Maxine Kumin, Agha Shahid Ali, and W. S. Merwinches As with other Persian poets, Hasan worked within a highly regulated set of poetic conventions that brought into relief the interpenetration of apparent opposites - metaphysical and material, mysterious and quotidian, death and desire, sacred and profane, fleeting time and eternity. Within these strictures, he crafted a poetics that blended Sufi Islam with non-Muslim Indic traditions. Of the Persian poets who practiced the ghazal, Hafez and Rumi are best known, but their verse represents only a small fraction of a rich tradition. This collection reveals the geographical range of the literature while introducing an Indian voice that will find a place on readers' bookshelves alongside better known Iranian names.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2019: HSS Backlist Books

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 4267

ISBN:

9780810132306

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access