Ghalib: 1797-1869: Life and Letters Contributor(s): Russell, Ralph (Editor), Russell, Ralph (Translator), Islam, Khurshidul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 019563506X ISBN-13: 9780195635065 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1995 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - Indic - Literary Collections | Letters - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
Series: Oxford India Paperbacks |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.80 lbs) 404 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book is a fascinating portrait of one of the most popular Urdu and Persian poets, Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797-1869) Very little of Ghalib has previously appeared in English, and that little has circulated almost entirely within India and Pakistan. This volume mainly consists of translations from the Memoir written by his friend and younger contemporary Hali not many years after Ghalib's death; and of his diary of the revolt of 1857. |