Description |
xxxvi, 278 pages ; 20 cm. |
Series |
Penguin classics.
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Summary |
"Layli and Majnun tells of star-crossed lovers whose union is tragically thwarted by their families and whose passion continues to ripple out across the centuries. The twelfth-century Persian poet Nezami blends erotic longing and spiritual self-denial in an allegory of Sufi aspiration, as the amenities of civilization give way to the elemental wilderness, desire is sublimated into a mystical renunciation of the physical world, and the soul confronts its essence"-- Provided by publisher. |
Subject |
Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203 -- Translations into English.
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Added Author |
Davis, Dick, 1945- translator.
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Added Title |
Laylī and Majnūn. English.
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ISBN |
9780143133995 (paperback) |
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