Mappings (poetry)

Mappings (poetry)
1st flexiback edition

Mappings is a first book of poems by Vikram Seth originally published by the Writers Workshop, Calcutta (now Kolkata), as a hand-set, hand-printed and hand-bound volume ("in Hardback or Flexiback") in 1980 or 1981 (the Flexiback edition copyright date is 1981). With the growth of Seth's reputation, the volume has been reprinted by mainstream publishers (ISBN: 0-670-05846-7).
Original poems range from a cautionary tale in rhyming couplets ("The Tale Of Melon City"), through Seth's characteristic musings - some serious and some light-hearted - on life, love and landscape, to the title poem reflecting on the different selves "mapped" by his earlier writings. Interspersed with these are translations (one each) from the Chinese of Du Fu, the Urdu of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, the German of Heinrich Heine and the Hindi of Suryakant Tripathi Nirala. Other poems incude 'The Frog and the Nightingale' etc.

v · d · eWorks by Vikram Seth
Novels
The Golden Gate • A Suitable Boy • An Equal Music • A Suitable Girl
Poetry
Children's books
Librettos:
Arion and the Dolphin
Non-fiction and other
From Heaven Lake • Two Lives • Three Chinese Poets

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Vikram Seth — Infobox Writer name = Vikram Seth caption = Vikram Seth s photo on the cover of the U.S. edition of Two Lives deletable image caption birthdate = Birth date and age|1952|6|20|df=y birthplace = Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India deathdate …   Wikipedia

  • History of linguistics — Linguistics as a study endeavors to describe and explain the human faculty of language.Historically, linguistic study was motivated by the correct description of a liturgical language, notably that of Sanskrit grammar by IAST|Pāṇini (fl. 4th… …   Wikipedia

  • Seth, Vikram — ▪ 1994       With the publication in 1993 of A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth weighed in as a heavyweight of English letters quite literally. The massive epic of more than 1,300 pages one of the longest works of fiction in English since the 18th… …   Universalium

  • Canadian literature — Introduction  the body of written works produced by Canadians. Reflecting the country s dual origin and its official bilingualism, the literature of Canada can be split into two major divisions: English and French. This article provides a brief… …   Universalium

  • Autobiography of LeRoi Jones, The — by Amiri Baraka (1984)    With rarely other than liveliest eloquence, The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones offers a full, busy, life and times of leroi jones/amiri baraka, one of Afro America’s literary and cultural lead players. It has come to rank… …   Encyclopedia of Beat Literature

  • Apostrophe — redirects here. For other uses, see (disambiguation). Apostrophes redirects here. For the music book, see Apostrophes: A Book of Tributes to Masters of Music. For other uses, see Apostrophe (disambiguation). ’ Apostrophe …   Wikipedia

  • Immanuel Kant — Kant redirects here. For other uses, see Kant (disambiguation). See also: Kant (surname) Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant Full name Immanuel Kant Born 22 April 1724 …   Wikipedia

  • Synesthesia in art — The phrase synesthesia in art has historically referred to a wide variety of artistic experiments in order to synthesize different art disciplines (i.e. music and painting) as can be observed in the genres of visual music, abstract film, computer …   Wikipedia

  • Synesthesia — For other uses, see Synesthesia (disambiguation). How someone with synesthesia might perceive certain letters and numbers. Synesthesia (also spelled synæsthesia or synaesthesia, plural synesthesiae or synaesthesiae), from the ancient Greek σύν… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”