Ralph Russell

THE OXFORD INDIA GHALIB
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THE OXFORD INDIA GHALIB
LIFE, LETTERS AND GHAZALS

This edited volume book gathers in one volume almost all of my writings on Ghalib, including those with Khurshidul Islam, and some articles by others:

CONTENTS
[chapters are by me unless otherwise stated]

Introduction: Ghalib: A Self-portrait

PART ONE: Ghalib’s Prose and its Context

  • Ghalib: Life and Letters – (by Ralph Russell and Khurshidul Islam)
  • Ghalib’s Delhi (by Percival Spear)

PART TWO: Ghalib’s Poetry

  • Getting to Know Ghalib
  • Selections from Ghalib’s Verse: Introductory Note
  • Ghalib’s Urdu Verse
  • Ghalib’s Persian Poetry (by A. Bausani)
  • Ghalib’s Persian Verse
  • On Translating Ghalib
  • Select Index to Life and Letters
  • Explanatory Index to the Verse

Oxford University Press, India (2003 & 2005)
ISBN 0-19-566037-4
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