Studies in Islamic Poetry

Two essays on Persian and Arabic poetic literature, published in 1921, which form the first part of a collection of essays by Nicholson.

Reynold Alleyne Nicholson (Author)

9780521182249, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 17 February 2011

316 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.4 kg

Two essays on Persian and Arabic poetic literature, which form the first part of a collection of essays by Nicholson. This volume was written during the First World War and originally published in 1921. The second volume Studies in Islamic Mysticism was reissued in the Cambridge University Press Library Collections series in 1967. The essays contain full quotation in translation and the original texts appear in an appendix.

Part I. An Early Persian Anthology
Part II. The Meditations of Ma'arrí: 1. Poems on life and death
2. Poems on human society
3. Poems on asceticism
4. Poems on philosophy and religion
5. Appendix containing the Arabic text of the pieces translated above
Index of names and titles
Index of subjects.

Subject Areas: Educational: English language & literacy [YQC]