World's Most Treasured Love Poems

by Suheil Bushrui (Editor)

Overview

The only truly global collection of love poetry, bringing together the most stunning and inspiring poems from all around the world

This beautiful collection of love poems gathers together thousands of years of timeless verse from around the world.

From Shakespeare to Rossetti, traditional English classics sit alongside the works of Eastern writers such as Ibn 'Arabi and Rumi, as well as lesser known gems from the indigenous peoples of Africa, Australasia, and the Americas.

Exploring the many facets of love – desire, devotion, delirium, joy, and sorrow – this uniquely diverse volume offers us wisdom from across the ages and reminds us of the bonds we all share.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781786072979
Publisher:	Oneworld Publications
Publication date:	02/08/2018
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	180
File size:	348 KB

About the Author

Suheil Bushrui was a distinguished author, poet, critic, literature professor and media personality. He published critical studies on W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, and Samuel Beckett, as well as the definitive biography of Gibran, Kahlil Gibran: Man and Poet (also Oneworld).
Suheil Bushrui is the foremost translator and interpreter of Anglo-Irish literature in the Arab world, and has published critical studies in Arabic and English on W. B. Yeats, John Millington Synge, James Joyce and Samuel Beckett. He was the first Arab national to be appointed to the Chair of English and Anglo-Irish Literature at the American University of Beirut, and has also served as Chairman of the International Association for the Study of Anglo-Irish Literature (ISAIL). He is currently the Baha'i Chair for World Peace in the Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM) at the University of Maryland.