Persian Sufi Poetry: An Introduction to the Mystical Use of Classical Persian Poems
Focuses on the poems rather than on their authors. Surveys the development of Persian mystical poetry, dealing first with the relation between Sufism and literature and then with the four main genres of the tradition: the epigram, the homiletic poem, love poetry and symbolic narrative.
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Persian Sufi Poetry: An Introduction to the Mystical Use of Classical Persian Poems
Focuses on the poems rather than on their authors. Surveys the development of Persian mystical poetry, dealing first with the relation between Sufism and literature and then with the four main genres of the tradition: the epigram, the homiletic poem, love poetry and symbolic narrative.
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Persian Sufi Poetry: An Introduction to the Mystical Use of Classical Persian Poems

Persian Sufi Poetry: An Introduction to the Mystical Use of Classical Persian Poems

by J. T. P. de Bruijn
Persian Sufi Poetry: An Introduction to the Mystical Use of Classical Persian Poems

Persian Sufi Poetry: An Introduction to the Mystical Use of Classical Persian Poems

by J. T. P. de Bruijn

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Focuses on the poems rather than on their authors. Surveys the development of Persian mystical poetry, dealing first with the relation between Sufism and literature and then with the four main genres of the tradition: the epigram, the homiletic poem, love poetry and symbolic narrative.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780700706747
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 04/18/1997
Series: Routledge Sufi Series
Pages: 228
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Mystical Epigrams; Chapter 2 Poems of Abstinence; Chapter 3 Poetry of Love; Chapter 4 Teachers and Story-tellers;
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