In the Alley of the Friend: On the Poetry of Hafez

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First Edition 2018

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Originally published in Persian as Dar Kuy-e Dust (Tehran: Kharazmi Publishers, 1978).

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ISBN: 978-0-8156-3617-5 (paperback)978-0-8156-5460-5 (e-book)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Miskūb, Shāhrukh, author. | Ghanoonparvar, M. R. (Mohammad R.), translator.

Title: In the alley of the friend : on the poetry of Hafez / Shahrokh Meskoob; translated from the Persian by M. R. Ghanoonparvar.

Other titles: Dar kuy-e dust. English

Description: First edition. | Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2018. | Series: Middle East literature in translation | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018044866 (print) | LCCN 2018044882 (ebook) | ISBN 9780815654605 (E-book) | ISBN 9780815636175 (pbk.)

Subjects: LCSH: òHåafiòz, active 14th century—Criticism and interpretation.

Classification: LCC PK6465 (ebook) | LCC PK6465 .Z894813 2018 (print) | DDC 891/.5511—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018044866

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