1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795851503321

Autore

Swenson John

Titolo

New Atlantis [[electronic resource] ] : musicians battle for the survival of New Orleans / / John Swenson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-19-978145-1

1-283-13431-4

0-19-977958-9

9786613134318

Descrizione fisica

vii, 284 p. : ill

Disciplina

780.9763/35

Soggetti

Music - Political aspects - Louisiana - New Orleans

Music - Social aspects - Louisiana - New Orleans

Musicians - Louisiana - New Orleans

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Voice of the wetlands -- African Americans and Indians -- The Constantinople of the New World -- Sad night in Jackson Square -- Return of the spirits -- Let it go -- Don't let them wash us away -- Reality check -- Don't take my picture -- Musicians strike back at violence -- I am New Orleans -- Shorty on the block -- The Armstrong legacy -- Cold in the trailer -- If I can help somebody -- Baghdad on the Mississippi -- Brown baby dead in the water -- On the fringes -- City that care forgot -- Wild and free -- Saving at the bank of soul -- It ain't just the suit -- Bourbon Street blues -- Snooks flies away -- Ghosts of traditional jazz -- New blood -- Jazz fest turns 40 -- New Atlantis -- Mcdermott's duets -- Cyril's nightmare -- The wizard of Piety Street -- Blues come down like rain -- Cyril comes full circle -- Marching in.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954082403321

Autore

Rice Cyprian

Titolo

The Persian Sufis / / Cyprian Rice

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2011

ISBN

1-136-83517-2

1-280-68461-5

9786613661555

1-136-83518-0

0-203-83227-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (105 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Iran ; ; v. 22

Disciplina

297.4

297.40955

Soggetti

Mysticism - Iran

Sufism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The persian sufis; Copyright; Contents; I. Introductory; II. The sūfi movement; III. The way and its goal; IV. The seven stages; V. The mystical states; VI. Homesickness (Firáq); VII. Lost in god (Faná); VIII. The vision of god; IX. Two sūfi practices; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Sufi phenomenon is not easy to sum up or define. This book is concerned primarily with the Persian mystics and looks at the history of the S?fi movement, the mystical states, fundamentals of Persian mysticism and S?fi practices.