Music of a distant drum : classical Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Hebrew poems / translated and intr...
Music of a distant drum : classical Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Hebrew poems / translated and intr...
Music of a distant drum : classical Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Hebrew poems / translated and introduced by Bernard Lewis.
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Publisher
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2001.
Call Numbers
N892/1
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Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
222 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents
Arabic Poems -- Persian Poems -- Turkish Poems -- Hebrew Poems.
Publication information
Publisher
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2001.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
c2001.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Music of a Distant Drum marks a literary milestone. For the first time in English, poems from four leading literary traditions of the Middle East, representing a wide sweep of medieval history, appear in a single volume compiled by a single translator. Bernard Lewis, one of the world's greatest authorities on the region's culture and history, offe...
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Full title
Music of a distant drum : classical Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Hebrew poems / translated and introduced by Bernard Lewis.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references.
Language note
Selected Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish poetry translated into English.
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Date Copyright
c2001.
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Call Numbers
N892/1
Record Identifier
74VvbLbxMXa3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvbLbxMXa3
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ISBN
0691089280 (alk. paper)
9780691089287 (alk. paper)
DDC
892
808.810095
MMS ID
991014852779702626
