Persian Love Poetry (Gift Books) - Hardcover

Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis; Sheila R. Canby

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 071412429X ISBN 13: 9780714124292

Publisher: British Museum Press, 2005

Synopsis

Love is everywhere in Persian poetry. This collection offers extracts translated by the authors from the best of traditional and contemporary Persian poetry and illustrates them with examples of Persian art in the British Museum. It also includes a brief introduction to its tradition and a short biographical note about each of the major poets.

About this title

Synopsis:

Love is everywhere in Persian poetry and can be interpreted in various ways: as mystic love, the basis of the relationship between humans and God; as passionate or affectionate love between lovers, husbands and wives, parents and children, family and friends; even as patriotic love for Iran. The literary style and indeed the Persian language itself are floral and elaborate, but the themes differ little from our preoccupations with love and romance today. This collection offers extracts specially translated by the authors from the best of traditional and contemporary Persian poetry and illustrates them with some of the finest examples of Persian art in the British Museum. With a brief introduction to the Persian poetic tradition and a short biographical note about each of the major poets, this beautiful anthology is the perfect way to discover the treasures of Persian literature and art.

About the Author:

Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis is curator of Middle Eastern coins at the British Museum. She is the co-author of From Persepolis to the Punjab (British Museum Press), and the author of Persian Myth and A Sylloge of Sasanian Coins in the Museum of Iran, Tehran.

Sheila R. Canby is Curator in Charge of the Department of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Her publications include Persian Paintings and The Golden Age of Persian Art 1501 1722 (British Museum Press).

About this edition

• Publisher: British Museum Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 071412429X
• ISBN 13: 9780714124292
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96