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Delicious Laughter: Rambunctious Teaching Stories From the Mathnawi

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Synopsis:

Rowdy, ecstatic, and sometimes stern, these parables reveal new and very human properties in Rumi's vision. Included here are the notorious "Latin Parts" that Reynold Nicholson felt were too unseemly to appear in English in his 1920s translation. For Rumi, anything that human beings do — however compulsive or ludicrous — affords a glimpse of the inner life.
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ISBN:
9780961891619
Subtitle:
Rambunctious Teaching Stories from the Mathnawi
Translator:
Barks, Coleman
Author:
Rumi, Jalalu'l-Din
Author:
Jalal al-Din Rumi, Maulana
Author:
Barks, Coleman
Publisher:
Maypop Books
Location:
Athens, GA :
Subject:
Poetry (poetic works by one author)
Subject:
Inspirational & Religious
Subject:
Translations into english
Subject:
Sufi poetry, Persian
Copyright:
1990
Edition Number:
1st ed
Series Volume:
no. 1029
Publication Date:
June 1990
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
160
Dimensions:
9.04x5.45x.49 in. .54 lbs.
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"Synopsis" by , Rowdy, ecstatic, and sometimes stern, these parables reveal new and very human properties in Rumi's vision. Included here are the notorious "Latin Parts" that Reynold Nicholson felt were too unseemly to appear in English in his 1920s translation. For Rumi, anything that human beings do — however compulsive or ludicrous — affords a glimpse of the inner life.
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