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The poetics of spiritual instruction

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Title The poetics of spiritual instruction : Farid al-Din 'Attar and Persian Sufi didacticism / Austin O'Malley.
Publisher Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
Creation Date 2023
Notes Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-281) and index.
Content Introduction: a guide for everyone -- Situating wisdom -- 'Attar and Persian literary Sufism -- Talk therapy: poetry as spiritual medicine -- The Hoopoe on the pulpit -- Making texts speak -- Allegory and ascent -- Anecdotal disruptions -- Conclusion: Towards a didactic performativity.
Series Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture
Extent viii, 290 pages : illustrations
24 cm.
Language English
Copyright Date ©2023
National Library system number 997012302265405171

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