| Majestic Nights: Love Poems of Bengali Women Contributor(s): Wright, Carolyne (Translator) |
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ISBN: 189399693X ISBN-13: 9781893996939 Publisher: White Pine Press (NY) OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2008 Annotation: How do Bengali women love in times of social transition and political upheaval? These poems look at how Bengali women tell their truths of the heart and mind through their struggles for equality, opportunity, and recognition in a changing society. The poems follow a subtle trajectory through the stages of love: first love; marriage; separation; aging and death; and ultimate supreme, universal love, of which romantic love is an imperfect reflection. Carolyne Wright spent four years collecting and translating Bengali women's poetry. Wright is a poet herself, and her most recent collection is "A Change of Maps," |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 891.441 |
| LCCN: 2008921650 |
| Series: Companions for the Journey (White Pine Press) |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 5.12" W x 6.98" (0.26 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How do Bengali women love in times of social transition and political upheaval? These poems look at how Bengali women tell their truths of the heart and mind through their struggles for equality, opportunity, and recognition in a changing society. The poems follow a subtle trajectory through the stages of love: first love; marriage; separation; aging and death; and ultimate supreme, universal love, of which romantic love is an imperfect reflection. Carolyne Wright spent four years collecting and translating Bengali women's poetry. Wright is a poet herself, and her most recent collection is A Change of Maps. |