After Tomorrow the Days Disappear - Ghazals and Other Poems

Hasan Sijzi is considered the originator of the Indo-Persian ghazal, a poetic form that endures to this day. This collection reveals the geographical range of the literature while introducing an Indian voice that will find a place on readers' bookshelves alongside well-known Iranian names.

About the author

HASAN SIJZI OF DELHI (1254-c. 1328) was a key figure in the development of Indo-Persian literary culture and its poetic forms following the Mongol invasions of the thirteenth century. He began writing poetry at the age of thirteen.

REBECCA GOULD is a reader in comparative literature and translation studies in the School of Modern Languages at the University of Bristol.

Summary

Hasan Sijzi is considered the originator of the Indo-Persian ghazal, a poetic form that endures to this day. This collection reveals the geographical range of the literature while introducing an Indian voice that will find a place on readers’ bookshelves alongside well-known Iranian names.

Product details

• Authors: Ohasan, Hasan Sijzi, Hasan/ Gould Sijzi, Hasan Sijzi of Delhi
• Assisted by: Rebecca Gould (Translation), Rebecca Ruth Gould (Translation)
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9780810132306
• ISBN: 978-0-8101-3230-6
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Northwestern World Classics; Northwestern World Classics
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama