Walt Whitman and the Persian poets
Subtitle: a study in literature and religion
By: by J. R. LeMaster & Sabahat Jahan.
Contributors: Jahan, Sabahat, 1977-
Series: Studies in Persian literature -- 1
Publisher: Ibex Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bethesda, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9781588140623
Subjects: Whitman, Walt, -- 1819-1892 -- Religion; Ḥāfiẓ, -- 14th cent. -- Influence; Jālal al-Dīn Rūmī, -- Maulana, -- 1207-1273 -- Influence; American poetry -- 19th century -- Persian influences
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Foreword; title: 1. Whitman and the Persian poets: an introduction; title: 2. Whitman as poet-prophet; title: 3. Rumi and Hafez as poet-prophets; title: 4. Whitman: man's divinity and the mystic poet's egotism; title: 5. Rumi and Hafez: man's divinity and the mystic poet's egotism; title: 6. Whitman and the Persian poets: life, death, and immortality; title: Works cited; title: Index.