Life and Work of Jalaluddin Rumi

Name: Life and Work of Jalaluddin Rumi
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ISBN: 9780195790672

ISBN-10: 0195790677

ISBN-13: 9780195790672

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Authors: Afzal Iqbal, Arthur John Arberry

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Rumi is perhaps the only example in world literature of a devoted prose writer who suddenly burst forth into poetry during middle age to become a truly great mystical poet for all time. This book, a long-overdue reckoning of his life and work, begins with a description and examination of the living conditions in 13th-century Persia. Building on this context, Afzal Iqbal proceeds to fully analyze the formative period of Rumi's life leading up to 1261--when he began the monumental work of writing the Mathnawi. Toward the end of the book, Iqbal more generally investigates Rumi's thought and includes translations of those portions of the Mathnawi that have been hitherto unavailable in English.…

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List price: $16.95
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/21/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 5.40" wide x 8.40" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Introduction


A Portrait



The Age of Rumi (A.D. 1207-1273)



The Period of Preparation (A.D. 1207-1244)



The Romance of Revolution (A.D. 1244-1250)



The Miracle of the Muse (A.D. 1245-1260)



The Message of the Mathnawi (A.D. 1261-1273)



The Poet as a Thinker (A.D. 1261-1273)



Latin translation of the Mathnawi


Select Bibliography


Index