by Edward Granville Browne, with an introductory memoir by J.B. Atkins ; edited by E. Denison Ross.
New York :
Routledge,
2011.
1 online resource (3, 168 pages).
Routledge library editions. Iran ;
v. 11
Includes index.
Originally published: London : Methuen, 1927.
1. Introductory memoir / by J.B. Atkins -- 2. Note on Persian poetry / by E. Denison Ross -- 3. List of poets represented -- 4. Poems -- 5. Prose passages -- 6. Index of first lines.
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This volume contains thirty-five translations of Persian poetry, arranged in five groups as well as two examples of prose translations from Arabic, which offer examples of 'rhymed prose' of which the earliest examples are to be found in the Koran. To help the reader, a substantial introduction on Persian poetry is included, as well as a personal memoir of the author by J B Atkins.