Rūmī's mystical design
Subtitle: reading the Mathnawī, book one
By: Seyed Ghahreman Safavi and Simon Weightman ; foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
Contributors: Weightman, S. C. R.
Series: SUNY series in Islam
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Albany, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781438427959; 9781438427966
Subjects: Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, -- Maulana, -- 1207-1273; Sufi poetry, Persian -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Authors' preface; title: Preface by Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr; title: Introduction; title: 1. Contextualising the Mathnawi; title: 2. Reading the Mathnawi; title: 3. A synoptic reading of Book one; title: 4. Book one as a whole and as a part; title: 5. Conclusion; title: Notes; title: Select bibliography.