Passion Before Me, My Fate Behind - Ibn al-Farid and the Poetry of Recollection

Informationen zum Autor Th. Emil Homerin is Professor of Religion at the University of Rochester. His books include The Wine of Love and Life: al-Fari's al-Khamriyah and al-Qaysari's Quest for Meaning ; From Arab Poet to Muslim Saint: Ibn al-Fari His Verse, and His Shrine ; and Umar al-Fari: Sufi Verse, Saintly Life . Klappentext Explores the work of beloved Sufi poet 'Umar Ibn al-Farid and its context. Provides many translations of Ibn al-Farid's poetry.

Product details

• Authors: Th Emil Homerin, Th. Emil Homerin
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2011
• EAN: 9781438439013
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-3901-3
• No. of pages: 314
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Islam, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, RELIGION / Islam / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, RELIGION / Islam / Sufi, Middle East, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Islamic groups: Sufis