On Location in the Loire Valley by Diane Ackerman | Resources

On Location in the Loire Valley Further Reading

Ali, Agha Shahid, The Country without a Post Office, Norton, 1997.

This collection of poems contains three ghazals, two
of which are original in English. They show what a
traditional ghazal in English can be.

Gates, Barbara T., and Ann B. Shteir, "Interview with Diane Ackerman, 18 July 1994," in Natural Eloquence: Women Reinscribe Science, edited by Barbara T. Gates and Ann B. Shteir, University of Wisconsin Press, 1997, pp. 255-64.

In this interview, Ackerman talks mainly about her
nonfiction work rather than her poetry, especially
A Natural History of the Senses, as well as A Natural
History of Love.

Randhir, L. C., Ghazal: The Beauty Eternal, Milind Publications Private, 1982.

This is a thorough analysis of the ghazal form in Urdu
(English translations are supplied). It explains the
technical requirements of the form, its predominant
imagery and themes, and its relationship...
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