| Dropping the Bow: Poems of Ancient India Contributor(s): Schelling, Andrew (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1893996921 ISBN-13: 9781893996922 Publisher: White Pine Press (NY) OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2008 Annotation: "Refined, intense, wise, stirring, immediate, subtle, all the charmed qualities gather in "Dropping the Bow," These translations are precious jewels. Like the erotic moods they investigate, these versions shimmer and startle with a palpable desire to be heard, and a mystical sense of impermanence. This is a transmission of a vital, extraordinary tradition."-Anne Waldman Two thousand years have passed since the first of these poems were composed. A new introduction prefaces this expanded edition of Andrew Schelling's remarkable translations. Andrew Schelling is a poet and translator from Sanskrit. He teaches at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Poetry | Asian - General - Poetry | Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 891.21 |
| LCCN: 2008921649 |
| Series: Companions for the Journey (White Pine Press) |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.12" W x 6.98" (0.29 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Refined, intense, wise, stirring, immediate, subtle, all the charmed qualities gather in Dropping the Bow. These translations are precious jewels. Like the erotic moods they investigate, these versions shimmer and startle with a palpable desire to be heard, and a mystical sense of impermanence. This is a transmission of a vital, extraordinary tradition."--Anne Waldman Two thousand years have passed since the first of these poems were composed. A new introduction prefaces this expanded edition of Andrew Schelling's remarkable translations. Andrew Schelling is a poet and translator from Sanskrit. He teaches at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. |