Title West-eastern divan / Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ; translated from the German and annotated by Eric Ormsby

Published London : Gingko, 2019

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction ; Acknowledgments / Eric Ormsby – West-Eastern divan – The book of the singer – The book of Hafiz – The book of love – The book of reflections – The book of ill-humor – The book of wisdom – The book of Timur – The book of Suleika – The book of the cup-bearer – The book of parables – The book of the Parsi – The book of paradise – Notes and essays: for a better understanding of the West-Eastern divan – Introduction – Hebrews – Arabs – Transition – Ancient Persians – Muhammad – Caliphs – Further observation – Mahmud of Ghazna – Poet-kings – Traditions – Firdowsi (died 1080) – Anvari (died 1152) – Nizami (died 1180) – Jalal al-din Rumi (died 1262) – Sa’di (died 1291, at the age of 102) – Hafiz (died 1389) – Jami (died 1494, aged 82) – Overview – Miscellaneous – Very miscellaneous – Newer, newest – Doubt – Despotism – Objection – Addendum – Counter-action – Interpolated – Primal elements of Oriental poetry – Transition from tropes to similes – Admonition – Comparison – Protest – Genres – Natural forms of poetry – Addendum – The book-oracle – The exchange of flowers and signs – Ciphers – Prospective divan – Old Testament matters – Israel in the desert – The stopping-places of the children of Israel in the wilderness – Aids closer to hand – Pilgrimages and crusades – Marco Polo – Johannes von Montevilla – Pietro della Valle – Apology – Olearius – Tarvernier and Chardin – Recent and most recent travellers – Teachers: departed or still living – Translations – Final conclusion! – Review – [Dedicatory poems] – Appendix: Poems collected posthumously Subject Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 -- Translations into English SUBJECT Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. fast (OCoLC)fst00029788 Genre/Form Translations. Form Electronic book Author Ormsby, Eric, translator, annotator Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. West-östlicher Divan. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. West-östlicher Divan. English. ISBN 9781909942417 1909942413

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