Reading Mystical Lyric: The Case of Jalal Al-Din Rumi

by Fatemeh Keshavarz

Book Overview

The first ciritcal approach to Rumi's canon of verse

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570035849
• ISBN13: 9781570035845
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"