The Book of Oriental Literature

This absorbing anthology brings together a range of literature and poetry into a bedside book for the general reader (Capa and adult alri) as a volume for the student of Eastern literature.

In its attitude to life, youth, beauty and the nature of man it stimulates that part of the imagination open to ideas of romance, love, knowledge and aspiration. It also provides a gloss on Western literature, enabling the reader to see which poets of his own culture would feel most at home with the Eastern view of life and man, and with which Western poets Eastern readers would share their preoccupations and insights.

Above all, the collection strongly reflects the anthologist’s love of this literature.