Divine Deviants: The Dialectics of Devotion in the Poetry of Donne and RūmīDivine Deviants is a comparative study of the Persian Sufi poet, Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1212-1273), and the English Metaphysical poet, John Donne (1572-1631). By focusing on the two schools of thought to which these poets belong as well as their individual poetic worldviews and styles, this book elucidates the different dimensions of the shared philosophy governing their poetry. Bridging linguistic, cultural, religious, and philosophical barriers, Divine Deviants carefully illustrates that in the works of both Rūmī and Donne love symbolizes Beatific Vision and Truth. More generally, this book highlights the bonds between religion, mysticism, and literature and thus examines not only the interdependent issues in these disciplines, but also the invisible and yet profound closeness that exists in the representative works of the two literary and religious traditions. |
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... Mathnawi 1 : 1103-06 ) Rūmī considers the Prophet as the most perfect of all the prophets although he is the last one of them . The analogy of regarding Muhammad as the number " one hundred " in comparison to all previous prophets as ...
... Mathnawi 1 : 1103-06 ) Rūmī considers the Prophet as the most perfect of all the prophets although he is the last one of them . The analogy of regarding Muhammad as the number " one hundred " in comparison to all previous prophets as ...
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... Mathnawi 5 : 1694-99 ) As the anecdote proceeds , God tells Azrael , that even he is an instrument of death compared to Himself , who is the cause of all phenomena in life and afterlife : God said , " He who perceives the origin ( does ...
... Mathnawi 5 : 1694-99 ) As the anecdote proceeds , God tells Azrael , that even he is an instrument of death compared to Himself , who is the cause of all phenomena in life and afterlife : God said , " He who perceives the origin ( does ...
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... Mathnawi 2 : 944–50 ) According to the poem , then , it is " substance ” —the true aspect of human nature that should be presented to God ; this " essence " is remote from “ accidents . ” Yet " the accidents " are not always altogether ...
... Mathnawi 2 : 944–50 ) According to the poem , then , it is " substance ” —the true aspect of human nature that should be presented to God ; this " essence " is remote from “ accidents . ” Yet " the accidents " are not always altogether ...
Contents
The Context | 15 |
The Philosophical Fundamentals of Belief | 27 |
Religious Obligation and Mystical Transcendence | 47 |
Copyright | |
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