As Through a Veil
Author | : Annemarie Schimmel |
Publisher | : Oneworld Publications |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2001-07-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 1851682740 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781851682744 |
Rating | : 4/5 (744 Downloads) |
Download or read book As Through a Veil written by Annemarie Schimmel and published by Oneworld Publications. This book was released on 2001-07-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.