Book: The Garden Of Kama:and Other Love Lyrics From India Kama, the Indian God Of Love, has given wings to the fastasy of many writers over the ages.
Laurence Hope (pseud. Adela Florence Cory: 1865-1906) was born in Gloucestershire, England. After spending some years in England she joined her father in Lahore, India, where he was posted. Here she helped him edit Sind Gazette along with her two sisters, Isabella and Vivian.
Her first book of poems, The Garden of Kama (1901)-the Indian God of love - brought her immediate admiration of writers like Thomas Hardy. Her note of passion , expressed in a medium of Oriental temperament and imagery, seemed like something new in English literature. Her inspiration was attributed, somewhat doubtfully, to "the world of Islam and Persian poets." In any case, the poems became immensly popular; being set to music and others becoming the standby of drawing-room sopranos and la
Details of Book: The Garden Of Kama:and Other Love Lyrics From India Book: The Garden Of Kama:and Other Love Lyrics From India
Author: Laurence Hope
ISBN: 812910041X
ISBN-13: 9788129100412
, 978-8129100412
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 2003
Publisher: Rupa & Co.
Number of Pages: 172
Language: English