50 Poems: 30 Selected 20 New Contributor(s): Ghose, Zulfikar (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195475747 ISBN-13: 9780195475746 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Binding Type: Paperback Published: April 2013 * Out of Print * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Asian - General |
LCCN: 2010341648 |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" L (0.30 lbs) 200 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
Features: Bibliography, Table of Contents |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The 30 Selected and 20 New that comprise 50 POEMS have been chosen to present a concise and representative volume of Zulfikar Ghose' poetry for the general reader and for scholars specialising in contemporary English poetry and post-colonial literature. The earliest of the selected poems-first published almost fifty years ago in The Times Literary Supplement, The London Magazine, New Statesman, The Spectator, and broadcast on the BBC Third Programme-established Zulfikar Ghose as Pakistan's premier English-language poet. Deracination, an obsessive theme in the early work, resonates as a metaphor for the human condition and gives the poems their universal appeal. The new poems draw upon a wider experience, ranging from an elegy on Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to a meditation on an old Argentine bank note, all heightened by a philosophical underpinning which is a hallmark of Zulfikar Ghose' work. An impeccable craftsman and creator of striking images, whose themes touch the core of human experience, he is a poet of lasting significance: 50 POEMS presents his essential work. |
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