The Translator of Desires
Poems
$120.00
- Hardcover
368 pages
- Release Date
14 September 2021
Summary
A masterpiece of Arabic love poetry in a new and complete English translation
The Translator of Desires, a collection of sixty-one love poems, is the lyric masterwork of Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi (1165-1240 CE), one of the most influential writers of classical Arabic and Islamic civilization. In this authoritative volume, Michael Sells presents the first complete English translation of this work in more than a century, complete with an introduction, commentary, and a new facing-page critic…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691181332 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691181330 |
| Author: | Michael Sells, Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 14 September 2021 |
| Weight: | 666g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 155mm |
| Series: | The Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation |
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Critics Review
“Michael Sells, a highly regarded expert on the history and literature of Islam, and translator of this splendid book, provides all we might need to understand the poems in their broader historical context… . It is the clarity of his translations that bring these poems back for us, their marvels intact.”—Allan Graubard, American Book Review
About The Author
Michael Sells
Michael Sells is the Barrows Professor Emeritus of the History and Literature of Islam and professor emeritus of comparative literature at the University of Chicago. He is the author of many translations and studies of classical Arabic poetry.
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