The Lonely Endeavour of Daud Kamal
Besides discussing such seminal images in the poetry of Daud Kamal as Gandhara art, the bridge, and bird migration, this essay explores solitude as a necessary accompaniment to Kamal’s creativity, as he sought, in “the translunar paradise of art”, “a cure for the cancer of loneliness”. This...
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2023-01-01
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| description | Besides discussing such seminal images in the poetry of Daud Kamal as Gandhara art, the bridge, and bird migration, this essay explores solitude as a necessary accompaniment to Kamal’s creativity, as he sought, in “the translunar paradise of art”, “a cure for the cancer of loneliness”. This essay also examines the undiscerning critical reception of Kamal’s poetry, which notwithstanding belongs to the finest tradition of Islamic mystical poetry and is therefore destined to last. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f0a654deeb6c4d09bf61eba3f88e20612023-07-14T10:35:12ZengUniversity of OstravaOstrava Journal of English Philology1803-81742571-02572023-01-01142475910.15452/OJoEP.2022.14.0010The Lonely Endeavour of Daud KamalAli Shehzad Zaidi Besides discussing such seminal images in the poetry of Daud Kamal as Gandhara art, the bridge, and bird migration, this essay explores solitude as a necessary accompaniment to Kamal’s creativity, as he sought, in “the translunar paradise of art”, “a cure for the cancer of loneliness”. This essay also examines the undiscerning critical reception of Kamal’s poetry, which notwithstanding belongs to the finest tradition of Islamic mystical poetry and is therefore destined to last.https://dokumenty.osu.cz/ff/journals/ostravajournal/14-2/OJEP_22-2_Zaidi.pdf |
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