num_pages: 148
description: Focuses on the poems rather than on their authors. Surveys the development of Persian mystical poetry, dealing first with the relation between Sufism and literature and then with the four main genres of the tradition: the epigram, the homiletic poem, love poetry and symbolic narrative.
language: English
title: Persian Sufi Poetry
titlecomplete: Persian Sufi Poetry (Routledge Sufi Series)
genres: Mysticism, Poetry
ratings_count: 12
publisher: Routledge