West-Eastern Divan Regional American History spells out the ethical

spells out the ethical

filling the pages with man-made and natural objects

— MARK S

This highly acclaimed collection of memoirs is Winton's most intimate and revealing work yet

4 The intensification of environmental effects

West-Eastern Divan Regional American History spells out the ethicalIn 1814, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe read the poems of the great fourteenth century Persian poet Hafiz in a newly published translation by Joseph von Hammer Purgstall. For Goethe, the book was a revelation. He felt a deep connection with Hafiz and Persian poetic traditions, and was immediately inspired to create his own West Eastern Divan as a lyrical conversation between the poetry and history of his native Germany and that of Persia. The resulting