Persian Sufi Poetry: An Introduction to the Mystical Use of Classical Persian Poems (Routledge Sufi Series)

Author: J. T. P. de Bruijn
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: persian, sufi, routledge, series, poems, mystical, poetry, introduction, classical
Number of Pages: 228
Published: 1997-04-18
List price: $52.95
ISBN-10: 0700703128
ISBN-13: 9780700703128

Book Description:

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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