Rūmī's mystical design [[electronic resource] ] : reading the Mathnawī, book one / / Seyed Ghahreman Safavi and Simon Weightman ; foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454568703321
• Autore: Safavi Seyed Ghahreman
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : SUNY Press, c2009
• ISBN: 1-4384-2801-4; 1-4416-2598-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 p.)
• Collana: SUNY series in Islam
• Altri autori (Persone): WeightmanS. C. R
• Disciplina: 891/.5511
• Soggetti: Sufi poetry, Persian - History and criticism; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Rumiâ€?s Mystical Design""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Contextualizing the MathnawÄ«""; ""Mawlana's Lifeâ€?An Outline""; ""Mawlana's Religious Outlook""; ""Mawlana's Literary Antecedents""; ""2. Reading the MathnawÄ«""; ""The MathnawÄ« as Given""; ""The Question of Structure""; ""Some Further Considerations""; ""Synoptic Reading and the Principles of Parallelism and Chiasmus""; ""Rhetorical Latency""; ""Two Iranian Exemplars""; ""The Synoptic Reading of Book One of the MathnawÄ«""; ""3. A Synoptic Reading of Book One of the MathnawÄ«""; ""4. Book One as a Whole and as a Part""""The Synoptic Analysis of Book One as a Whole""; ""The Rationale of Book One as a Whole""; ""The Linear and the Nonlinear Ordering of Book One""; ""Book One as a Part""; ""5. Conclusion""; ""How Mawlana Composed the MathnawÄ«""; ""Mawlanaâ€?s Hidden Organization as the Writerâ€?s Plan""; ""The Design of the MathnawiÂ"̄"; ""Finale""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary of Persian Words""; ""Select Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""""W""