Mystical Poems of Rumi; First Selection, Poems 1-200 - Brossura

Rumi, Jalal Al-Din

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ISBN 10: 0226731510 ISBN 13: 9780226731513

Casa editrice: Univ of Chicago Pr, 1974

Riassunto

Rumi, who wrote and preached in Persia during the thirteenth century, was inspired by a wandering mystic, or dervish, named Shams al-Din. Rumi's vast body of poetry includes a lengthy poem of religious mysticism, the Mathnavi, and more than three thousand lyrics and odes, many of which came to him while he was in a state of trance. A.J. Arberry, who selected four hundred of the lyrics for translation and annotated them, calls Rumi "one of the world's greatest poets. In profundity of thought, inventiveness of image, and triumphant mastery of language, he stands out as the supreme genius of Islamic mysticism."

"An excellent introduction to Rumi, the greatest mystical poet of Islam. . . . Rumi's scope, like that of all great poets, is universal--reaching from sensuous luxuriance to the driest irony."--Sherman Goldman, East-West Journal

A.J. Arberry (1905-73) was professor of Arabic at Cambridge University.

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Informazioni sull'autore

A. J. Arberry (1905–69)was professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge.Ehsan Yarshater is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies and director of the Center for Iranian Studies at Columbia University.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1974
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0226731510
• ISBN 13: 9780226731513
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 210
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile