Author: Thomas Moore
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 380
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8171678181
Description
A romantic poem, Moore's Lalla Rookh can be placed among those great works that have withstood the test of time. The book had run into a score of editions during the poet's own lifetime.
Thomas Moore was a highly popular poet. In December 1814, the publisher Longman commissioned Moore to write a romantic poem,. The result was Lalla Rookh (1817). This classic work can be placed among those great works that have withstood the test of time. His description of the East is exquisitely faithful. The Vividness with when he describes the topographical antiquarian and characteristic details is extraordinary. The Romance of lalla Rookh had run into a score of editions during the poet's own lifetime.
Contents
Contents
Preface
The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan
Paradise and the Peri
The Fire-worshippers
The Light of the Haram