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Golden Tradition: An Anthology of Urdu Poetry
by Ali, Ahmed (ed.)
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0231036876
- ISBN 13
- 9780231036870
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A.: Columbia University Press, 1973 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. (5), 286 pp, preface, 1. The Cry of the Gazelle; 2. The Anguished Heart; 3. The Molten Flalme. Poems: note on the translations; Part I. Eighteenth Century; Part II. Nineteenth Century; glossary, index. Selected and Translated by Ahmed Ali. Studies in Oriental Culture: First Edition, 1973. "The unique character of this anthology is matched by its copleteness. Specimens of Urdu poetry from the 14th to the beginning of the 20th century provide historical perspective, and representative selections from 15 poets of the 18th and 19th centuries give an unsusually rich harvest from one of the greatest creative periods in this literature, including 100 poems of Mir and Ghalib, and 3 of the famous long poems of Nazir. It also contains a comparative study of Urdu and English poets and movements of poetry; it discusses the techniques and characteristics of Urdu poetry, in particular forms and schools." from the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped. Inked name ffep. Only the slightest edge wear to dj, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with clean no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Yellow cloth with red lettering to spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000755
- Title
- Golden Tradition: An Anthology of Urdu Poetry
- Author
- Ali, Ahmed (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0231036876
- ISBN 13
- 9780231036870
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- POETRY INDIA HINDU URDU POETRY POEMS WITH COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TECHNIQUE AND SCHOOLS 14th -20th CENTURY
- Size
- Large 8vo
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