Mahsati of Ganja’s Wandering Quatrains: Translator’s Introduction

Literary Imagination, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 225-231, 2011

7 Pages Posted: 15 May 2011 Last revised: 17 Aug 2011

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Rebecca Ruth Gould

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London; Harvard University - Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

Date Written: May 13, 2011

Abstract

Introduction to the quatrains (rubaiyyat) of the twelfth-century poetess Mahsati of Ganja. Although less well-known that her Omar Khayyam, Mahsati's quatrains compete in intellectual brilliance with those of her more famous counterpart and for their bold rejection of social mores. Includes translations of several quatrains.

Keywords: poetry, Persian, women writers, translation, medieval, sexuality

Suggested Citation

Gould, Rebecca Ruth, Mahsati of Ganja’s Wandering Quatrains: Translator’s Introduction (May 13, 2011). Literary Imagination, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 225-231, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1840725

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