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Music of a Distant Drum : Classical Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Hebrew Poems by Bernard Lewis is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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__Music of a Distant Drum__ marks a literary milestone. It collects 129 poems from the four leading literary traditions of the Middle East, all masterfully translated into English by Bernard Lewis, many for the first time. These poems come from diverse languages and traditions--Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Hebrew--and span more than a thousand years. Together they provide a fascinating and unusual window into Middle Eastern history. Lewis, one of the world's greatest authorities on the region's culture and history, reveals verses of startling beauty, ranging from panegyric and satire to religious poetry and lyrics about wine, women, and love. Bernard Lewis, one of the world's greatest authorities on the region's culture and history, offers a work of startling beauty that leaves no doubt as to why such poets were courted by kings in their day. Like those in the __Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam__, the poems here--as ensured by Lewis's mastery of all the source languages and his impeccable style and taste--come fully alive in English. They are surprising and sensuous, disarmingly witty and frank. They provide a fascinating and unusual glimpse into Middle Eastern history. Above all, they ar
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- Author
- Bernard Lewis
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780691150109
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Anthology, Poetry, Short Stories
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