Description
Book SynopsisThe 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.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Introduction
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
