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 |
Table of Contents
AcknowledgementsIntroduction
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
