As Through A Veil: Mystical Poetry in Islam

by Annemarie Schimmel

Book Overview

This text presents the complicated story of how a poetic tradition evolved in a number of different languages over a period of twelvehundred years. It involves the history of Sufism, the tensions between mysticism and orthodoxy in Islamic thought and the problem of interpreting a poetic language which is both sensual and sacred. The first three chapters consider initially the development of mystical poetry in Arabic from the 9th century, including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1851682740
• ISBN13: 9781851682744
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: ONEWorld
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.3"