Passion Before Me, My Fate Behind: Ibn Al-Farid and the Poetry of Recollection
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Umar Ibn al-Farid (1181-1235), author of two classic works, the Wine Ode and the Poem of the Sufi Way, is considered the greatest Sufi poet to write in Arabic. In this study, these and other poems by Ibn al-Farid are considered within the context of Islamic mysticism, Arabic literature, and Sufi poetry. Th. Emil Homerin uncovers the literary and religious intent of these poems and their aesthetic and mystical content, showing them to be a type of...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1438439016
ISBN13:9781438439013
Release Date:December 2011
Publisher:State University of New York Press
Length:314 Pages
Weight:1.14 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"
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