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As Through a Veil

Pages:	384
Subject:	Religion: Islam
Imprint:	Oneworld Academic

As Through a Veil

Name: As Through a Veil
SKU: 9781851682744
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Mystical Poetry in Islam

Annemarie Schimmel

A thorough survey of mystical poetry in islam, rangin far and wide across the centuries and continents.

Paperback

9781851682744 (1 Jul 2001)

RRP £31.00 / US$46.00

The Book

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.

Additional Information

Subject	Religion: Islam
Pages	384
Imprint	Oneworld Academic

About the Author

Annemarie Schimmel was Professor of Indo-Muslim studies at harvard University for twenty-five years.

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Flowers of the Desert: The Development of Arabic Mystical Poetry

2. Tiny Mirros of Divine Beauty: Classical persian Mystical Poetry

3. Sun Triumphal - Love Triumphant: Maulana Rumi and the Metaphors of Love

4. The Voice of Love: Mystical poetry in the Vernaculars

5. God's Beloved and Intercessor for Man: Poetry in Honor of the Prophet

Abbreviations Used in Notes and Bibliography

Notes

Bibliography

Index of Selected Quotations

Index of Proper Names

Index of Technical Terms