Vis and Ramin (Hardcover)
Fakhraddin Gorgani; Dick Davis

Vis and Ramin (Hardcover)

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  • ISBN: 9781933823171
  • Condition: New
  • Hard cover
  • Language: English
  • Pages: 517
  • Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 517 p. Contains: Maps.
  • Vis & Ramin is one of the worlds great love stories. It was the first major Persian romance, written between 1050 and 1055 in rhyming couplets. This remarkable work has now been superbly translated into heroic couplets (the closest metrical equivalent of the Persian) by the poet and scholar Dick Davis. Vis and Ramin had immense influence on later Persian poetry and is very probably also the source for the tale of Tristan and Isolde, which first appeared in Europe about a century later. The plot, complex yet powerfully dramatic, revolves around royal marital customs. Told in language that is lush, sensual and highly inventive, Vis and Ramin is a masterpiece of psychological perceptiveness and characterization. The origins of Vis and Ramin, are obscure. The story dates from the time of the Parthians and certainly existed in oral and perhaps written form before the eleventh century Persian poet Fakhraddin Gorgani composed the version that has come down to us.
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