| The Mathnawí of Jaláluʾddín Rúmí: Volume 4, English Text Contributor(s): Nicholson, Reynold a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0906094097 ISBN-13: 9780906094099 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Middle Eastern - Poetry | Ancient & Classical - History | Middle East - General |
| Dewey: 891.551 |
| Series: Mathnawi of Jalaluddin Rumi |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.55 lbs) 496 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi's great poem, the Mathnawi, is one of the best known and most influential works of Muslim mysticism. Nicholson's critical edition is based on the oldest known manuscripts, including the earliest, dated 1278 and preserved in the Mevlana Museum at Konya. It remains the standard text and is provided with diacritical marks to assist the student. The prose translation, similarly, is intended to be an exact and faithful guide to the Persian. The commentary, useful both for specialists and others, explains textual questions, traces Rumi's sources and cites many parallels to his ideas. |