Ravishing DisUnities Real Ghazals in English

Name: Ravishing DisUnities Real Ghazals in English
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ISBN: 9780819564375

ISBN-10: 0819564370

ISBN-13: 9780819564375

Edition: 2000

Authors: Agha Shahid Ali, Sarah Suleri Goodyear

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In recent years, the ghazal (pronounced "ghuzzle"), a traditional Arabic form of poetry, has become popular among contemporary English language poets. But like the haiku before it, the ghazal has been widely misunderstood and thus most English ghazals have been far from the mark in both letter and spirit. This anthology brings together ghazals by a rich gathering of 107 poets including Diane Ackerman, John Hollander, W. S. Merwin, William Matthews, Paul Muldoon, Ellen Bryant Voigt, and many others. As this dazzling collection shows, the intricate and self-reflexive ghazal brings the writer a unique set of challenges and opportunities. Agha Shahid Ali's lively introduction gives a brief…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Publication date: 11/3/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.98" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Introduction


The Ghazals


Diane Ackerman


Sondra Audin Armer


Craig Arnold


Diane Averill


John Balaban


Carol Jane Bangs


Molly Bendall


Lorna Knowles Blake


Robert Boswell


Karen Brennan


Sharon Bryan


Denver Butson


John Canaday


Robert N. Casper


G. S. Sharat Chandra


Richard Chess


Marcyn Del Clements


Katharine Coles


Michael Collier


Martha Collins


Steven Cordova


Katherine Cottle


Rachel Dacus


Keki N. Daruwalla


Sharon Dolin


John Drury


Faiz Ahmed Faiz


Annie Finch


Forrest Gander


Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib


Reginald Gibbons


Justin Goldberg


Sara Suleri Goodyear


John Gribble


John Haag


Marilyn Hacker


Daniel Hales


Daniel Hall


Robert Hastings


Christian Hawkey


James Heflin


Cynthia Hogue


John Hollander


Colette Inez


David Raphael Israel


James Jack


Shelli Jankowski-Smith


Paul Jenkins


Aaron Van Jordan


Bhagwan Kapoor


Rafiq Kathwari


Richard Kenney


Nancy King


Phyllis Koestenbaum


Maxine Kumin


Anthony Lacavaro


Dominic Le Fave


Kelly Le Fave


Gabrielle LeMay


Stuart Lishan


Barbara Little


William Matthews


Glyn Maxwell


J. D. McClatchy


Heather McHugh


W. S. Merwin


Padmini Mongia


Paul Muldoon


Isabel Nathaniel


Mil Norman-Risch


Peggy O'Brien


James O'Keefe


Jacqueline Osherow


Elise Paschen


Peg Peoples


Teresa M. Pfeifer


Stanley Plumly


Mary Pryor


John Richard Reed


Mary Jo Salter


Grace Schulman


Sagaree Sengupta


Greg Simon


Maurya Simon


David R. Slavitt


Ron Smith


Carole Stone


Elisabeth Stoner


Adrienne Su


Dorothea Tanning


Judith Taylor


Jennifer Tonge


Roderick Townley


Wyatt Townley


Ann Townsend


Ellen Bryant Voigt


Bryan Walpert


Rosanna Warren


Robert William Watkins


Ellen Dore Watson


Paul West


Rachel Wetzsteon


John Edgar Wideman


Bruce Williams


Eleanor Wilner


Stephen Yenser


David Young


Harriet Zinnes


Martha Zweig


Afterwords


Ideas of Order in an Afterword



Basic Points about the Ghazal


Notes on Contributors