Crafting the intangible
Subtitle: Persian literature and mysticism
By: edited by Peter J. Chelkowski
Series: Reza Ali Khazeni Memorial Lectures in Iranian Studies -- Volume 2
Publisher: The University of Utah Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Salt Lake City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9781607812807
Subjects: Persian literature; History and criticism; Mysticism in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Love, separation, and union: the mystical master-narrative of the human condition in Persian poetry / by Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak; title: Death as the gateway to life in the eyes of the Sufis / by Annemarie Schimmel; title: The evolutionary psychology of Jalal Al-Din Rumi / by William C. Chittick; title: Poetry in ruins: two classical traditions encounter the exotic / by William Hanaway; title: Dramatic buildup in Nezami's Khosrow and Shirin / by Peter Chelkowski.