Ghalib : : Selected Poems and Letters / / Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Ghalib, Mirza Asadullah Khan,
• TeilnehmendeR: Cornwall, Owen T. A.; Pritchett, Frances.
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• שנת הוצאה לאור: 2017
• שפה: English
• סדרה: Translations from the Asian Classics
• תיאור פיזי: 1 online resource (224 p.)

This selection of poetry and prose by Ghalib provides an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the preeminent Urdu poet of the nineteenth century. Ghalib's poems, especially his ghazals, remain beloved throughout South Asia for their arresting intelligence and lively wit. His letters-info...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Ghalib's Life and Times
• Part One: Ghazals
• Part Two: Ghazal Verses
• Part Three: Other Genres
• Notes
• Appendix 1. Ghalib's Comments on His Own Verses
• Appendix 2. Ghalib Concordance, with Standard Divan Numbers
• Glossary of Technical Terms and Proper Names
• Bibliography
• Index
• Urdu Text