Poetry Books by Mirza Ghalib
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published Date: 2010-07-08
Categories: Poetry
This book contains selections from Ghalib (1797-1869), widely regarded as the greatest poet of Urdu. Ghalib's turn of phrase contributed to philosophical vocabulary and his assertiveness proved more realistic than the abject submission of the traditional lover of the tradition he inherited. On the other side, Ghalib was a sceptic grounded in pantheism. This created a tension which charged his poetry, and spilled over also to romantic themes. The present book does not aim merely at being handy and more accessible. Dewan-i-Ghalib now in circulation is actually a selection carried out by the poet's friends. Here are included verses which were uncritically discarded, and excludes verses uncritically selected, cutting the gem of his poetry anew, so that Ghalib's poetry can be seen in a new light, and in a format doubly attractive to students.
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Published Date: 2003
Categories: Aesthetics
Translation and commentary on the selected verses of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, 1797-1869.
Publisher: G Variety Book Depot
Published Date: 1998
Categories: Ghalib, Mirza Asadullah Khan
Includes editorial introduction.
Publisher: College Classics
Published Date: 1989-01-01
Categories: Literary Collections
New! Compare this edition with six others at http: //www.bandannabooks.com/vsghalib.php. Ghalib, a court poet in India during the period of British takeover, excelled in poetry both in Urdu and Persian. Ghazals are a poetry genre with couplets gathered that share a common theme but do not form a narrative sequence. With these two-liners, Ghalib was a master. His subjects range from personal to cosmic, and includes his metaphoric "love affair" with God, in which he protests the neglect or spurning by The Beloved. Ghalib lived by his wits, with cleverness and astuteness. He did not regard himself as a mystic, yet he marvels at the wonders of existence. Ghalib's work gives a sense of the state of India as it came under the British. He himself was not political; Gandhi came to represent that dimension of Indian philosophy with satyagraha. Gandhi's best thought might be seen in Gandhi on the Gita (Bhagavad Gita) (www.createspace.com/4035181).
Publisher:
Published Date: 2000-01-01
Categories: Urdu poetry
A befitting tribute to the poet who once described himself as 'collyrium for men's eyes', freely offering to make their vision cleaner.
Publisher:
Published Date: 2003
Categories: Urdu poetry
Complete works.
Publisher: books catalog
Published Date: 2002
Categories: Ghazals, Urdu
Mirza Ghalib is to the Urdu language what William Shakespeare is to the English language. And the most widely read Urdu book in the world is a collection of the Love Sonnets of Ghalib. These sonnets resonate with the voices of maestros through the corridors of history. Ghalib is not just an Asian phenomenon and his sonnets are loved and studied worldwide.
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published Date: 1987-01-01
Categories: Religion
Mirza Asadu'llah Khan Ghalib was the brightest luminary of his time in the South Asian, Muslim literary community. A poet in Urdu and Persian, he was endowed with exquisite imagination, sparkling wit, and a charming presence. Ghalib was a brilliant conversationalist, skilled in the art of human relations. In the last twenty years of his life, the political conditions of northern India caused the death or dispersion of many of his best friends. He satisfied his gregarious urges by writing exquisite letters in Urdu, in a delightfully conversational style. By these means Ghalib kept in touch with his scattered friends. These letters were so novel in style that the first collection was published only a month after the poet's death. In this book, Daud Rahbar provides thoroughly annotated English versions of 170 Urdu letters. These letters exemplify the possibility of elevating human relations to an art form, and Rahbar's translation reproduces the delicate flavor of the original Urdu prose.
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Published Date: 2000
Categories: Persian poetry
Includes a brief biographical sketch.
