Rūmī's mystical design :: reading the Mathnawī, book one /

This landmark book reveals the structure of Rumī's thirteenth-century classic, the Mathnawī. A beloved collection of 25,000 picturesque, alliterative verses full of anecdotes and parables on what appear to be loosely connected themes, the Mathnawī presents itself as spontaneous and unplanned...

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1. Verfasser: Safavi, Seyed Ghahreman
Weitere Verfasser: Weightman, S. C. R.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Albany : SUNY Press, ©2009.
Schriftenreihe:SUNY series in Islam.
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Zusammenfassung:This landmark book reveals the structure of Rumī's thirteenth-century classic, the Mathnawī. A beloved collection of 25,000 picturesque, alliterative verses full of anecdotes and parables on what appear to be loosely connected themes, the Mathnawī presents itself as spontaneous and unplanned. However, as Seyed Ghahreman Safavi and Simon Weightman demonstrate, the work has a sophisticated design that deliberately hides the spiritual so that readers, as seekers, have to find it for themselves--it is not only about spiritual training, it is spiritual training. Along with a full synoptic reading of the whole of Book One, the authors provide material on Rumī's life, his religious position, and his literary antecedents. Safavi and Weightman have provided readers, students, and scholars with a valuable resource: the guide that they wished they had had prior to their own reading of this great spiritual classic.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 276 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781441625984
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