| As Through A Veil: Mystical Poetry in Islam Edition, Revise Edition Contributor(s): Schimmel, Annemarie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1851682740 ISBN-13: 9781851682744 Publisher: ONEWorld OUR PRICE: $48.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2013 Annotation: This new edition of a classic work contains five lectures from a world-renowned scholar on the development of Islamic mystical poetry, from individual Sufi poets like the legendary Rumi, to the intricacies of sacred verse and the joys of nonsense poetry. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Religion | Islam - General |
| Dewey: 892.710 |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 5.41" W x 8.29" (1.00 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The late Annemarie Schimmel drew exhaustively on an enourmous range of sources both ancient and modern to create this thorough survey of a unique body of literature. Travelling from continent to continent and across the centuries, this story of Islamic poetry encompasses a wide spectrum of traditions and cultures, from Arabic religious verse to the ecstasies of the persian Sufis and the popular folk poetry of India and Pakistan. |