Table of Contents

Presentation of award to eleventh recipient, Annemarie Schimmel Georges Sabagh; Introduction Amin Banani; l. Mawlana Rumi: yesterday, today and tomorrow Annemarie Schimmel; 2. Rumi the poet Amin Banani; 3. 'Speech is a ship and meaning the sea': some formal aspects of the ghazal poetry of Rumi J. Christoph Burgel; 4. Rumi and wahdat al-wujud William C. Chittick; 5. Rumi and the problems of theodicy: moral imagination and narrative discourse in a story of the Masnavi Hamid Dabashi; 6. Folk tradition in the Masnavi and theMasnavi in folk tradition Margaret Mills; 7. The fortress of forms: Rumi and Galib Victoria Holbrook; Index.

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Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi (AD 1207-1273) was one of the greatest poets and mystics of the Islamic world. This book is an examination of his spiritual and literary heritage.

Reviews

"...effectively convinces the reader of the aesthetic beauty existent in the writings of Mawlana Jalal al Din Rumi and whets the appetite for more of the lyrical mystic's wisdom." Chris Muehlenberg, Digest of Middle East Studies "This is a useful addition to the literature on Rumi, especially since most of the articles try in one way or another to deal with topics of relative importance for understanding the poet." Iranian Studies "Students of Persian mystical poetry will enjoy these individual pieces...careful study of his writings remain timely." John Renard, Journal of the American Oriental Society "...students and specialists will both benefit from Poetry and Mysticism in Islam . Amir Hussain, MESA Bulletin