Rumi
poems from the Divan-e Shams
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Author
Contributions
- Squires, Geoffrey, translator, editor - Contributor
Publication
2020 - Miami University Press, Oxford, Ohio, Ohio
Language
English
Word Count
61,000 words, Guess
Page Count
244 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-101881163679
- ISBN-139781881163671
- Library of Congress Control Number2019024833
- OCLC Control Number1104914494
- Better World Books9781881163671
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL44086921M
Classifications
- DDC891/.5511
- LCCPK6481.D6 E5 2020
- LCCPK6481.D6E5 2020
Alternate Titles
- Poems from the Divan-e Shams
Description
"This volume of translations of another of the major figures of Persian poetry brings the same qualities of poetic skill and scholarly precision to the task. It traces the changing and sometimes challenging relationship between the scholarly Rumi and the unpredictable dervish Shams, who suddenly appeared in his life, and through it the deepening of Rumi's experience of love and his insight into mysticism. We also get occasional glimpses of Rumi the man and a sense of the times in which he lived. While there exist a number of translations of Rumi's Divan this one manages to create memorable poetry in English while remaining true to the original. There are detailed notes on the poems and a ground-breaking discussion of text and context"--
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