Book Details
- Paperback
- 120 pages
- ISBN 978-0-856462-70-2
Publisher Anvil Press
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In `Borrowed Ware', Dick Davis brings together a wide range of shorter poems by poets from the `classic' period of Persian literature. It makes a fascinating introduction to a literature that is little known in the West,
and incidentally provides insights into a vanished and extraordinary way of life. The book contains a lucid and entertaining introduction, and informative headnotes on each of the 68 poets whose work is included.
After graduating from King's College Cambridge, Dick Davis worked as a teacher in various places around the world including Iran, where he lived and worked for eight years. He was Northern Arts Literary Fellow at Durham and Newcastle (1985-7), and he now teaches Persian at Ohio
State University. `Borrowed Ware' is published simultaneously with his new collection of original poetry, `Touchwood'.
Poetry Book Society Recommended Translation
and incidentally provides insights into a vanished and extraordinary way of life. The book contains a lucid and entertaining introduction, and informative headnotes on each of the 68 poets whose work is included.
After graduating from King's College Cambridge, Dick Davis worked as a teacher in various places around the world including Iran, where he lived and worked for eight years. He was Northern Arts Literary Fellow at Durham and Newcastle (1985-7), and he now teaches Persian at Ohio
State University. `Borrowed Ware' is published simultaneously with his new collection of original poetry, `Touchwood'.
Poetry Book Society Recommended Translation
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