As Through a Veil : Mystical Poetry in Islam Paperback / softback
by Annemarie Schimmel
Paperback / softback
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The late Annemarie Schimmel drew exhaustively on an enourmous range of sources both ancient and modern to create this thorough survey of a unique body of literature. Travelling from continent to continent and across the centuries, this story of Islamic poetry encompasses a wide spectrum of traditions and cultures, from Arabic religious verse to the ecstasies of the persian Sufis and the popular folk poetry of India and Pakistan.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:384 pages
- Publisher:Oneworld Publications
- Publication Date:01/07/2001
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- ISBN:9781851682744
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:384 pages
- Publisher:Oneworld Publications
- Publication Date:01/07/2001
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- ISBN:9781851682744