Details

Subject(s)

• Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203—Translations into English [Browse]

Translator

• Davis, Dick, 1945- [Browse]

Series

Penguin classics [More in this series]

Summary note

"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.

Language note

Translated from Persian into English.

ISBN

• 9780143133995 ((paperback))
• 0143133993

LCCN

2020041422

OCLC

1176512518

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