Tales from Rumi: Essential Selections from the Mathnawi

E H Whinfield

ISBN 10: 1842931229 / ISBN 13: 9781842931226

Published by Watkins Publishing, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tales from Rumi: Essential Selections from the Mathnawi
• Publisher: Watkins Publishing
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1842931229
• ISBN 13: 9781842931226
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The Persian poet Rumi, who wrote in the 13th Century, has become increasingly popular today. This selection comes from his monumental work, The Mathnawi?perhaps the longest mystical poem ever written, containing 24,000 verses in rhyming couplets. Thanks to E.H. Whinfield’s translation and commentary, these tales?filled with Sufi wisdom, insight, and humor?are wonderfully accessible to a wide audience.