Book
Persian poets / selected and edited by Peter Washington.
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- ISBN: 0375411267
- ISBN: 9780375411267
- Physical Description: 254 p. ; 17 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Knopf : 2000.
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| Formatted Contents Note: | Omar. -- Sanai. -- Attar -- Rumi -- Saadi -- Hafez -- Jami. |
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| Subject: | Persian poetry > Translations into English. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Community College Library | PK 6435 .P477 2000 | 30775305462674 | General Collection | Available | - |
Persian Poets
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Persian Poets
The Middle Ages saw an extraordinary flowering of Persian poetry. Though translations began appearing in Europe in the nineteenth century, these remarkable poets--Omar Khayyam, Rumi, Saadi, Sanai, Attar, Hafiz, and Jami--are still being discovered in the West. The great medieval Persian poets owe much to the mystical Sufi tradition within Islam, which understands life as a journey in search of enlightenment, and, like their European contemporaries, they combine religious and secular themes. While celebrating the beauty of the world in poems about love, wine, and poetry itself, or telling humorous anecdotes of everyday life, they use these subjects to symbolize deeper concerns with wisdom, mortality, salvation, and the quest for God.
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