| Reading Mystical Lyric: The Case of Jalal Al-Din Rumi Revised Edition Contributor(s): Keshavarz-Karamustafa, Fatemeh (Author) |
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ISBN: 1570035849 ISBN-13: 9781570035845 Publisher: University of South Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - Sufi - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Literary Criticism | Asian - Indic |
| Dewey: 891.551 |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6" W x 9" (0.70 lbs) 212 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Indian - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jalal al-Din Rumi, a towering figure in the Persian speaking world, is currently the most widely published poet in English translation. Yet despite the popularity of his verse, the majority of scholarship on his work focuses not on Rumi's poetry but on his contributions as a mystic. Fatemeh Keshavarz's pioneering study is the first extensive critical examination of this vast, dynamic body of literature. Through close readings of the Divan, his collection of more than 35,000 lyric verses, she explores Rumi's extraordinary popular and critical literary success. |
