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Product Identifiers
PublisherIbex Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-101588140628
ISBN-139781588140623
eBay Product ID (ePID)73037664
Product Key Features
Number of Pages227 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameWalt Whitman and the Persian Poets : a Study in Literature and Religion
Publication Year2009
SubjectPoetry, Islam / Sufi
TypeTextbook
AuthorSabahat Jahan, J. R. Lemaster
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Religion
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight15.9 Oz
Item Length6.3 in
Item Width9.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2008-027269
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal811/.3
Table Of ContentForeword; Sources; Whitman & the Persian Poets: An Introduction; Whitman as Poet-Prophet; Rumi & Hafez as Poet-Prophets; Whitman: Man's Divinity & the Mystic Poet's Egotism; Rumi & Hafez: Man's Divinity & the Mystic Poet's Egotism; Whitman & the Persian Poets: Life, Death & Immortality; Works Cited; Index.
SynopsisWhere did Walt Whitman get his religious ideas? This book follows in detail the similarities of the religious beliefs of the American writer/humanist and two major classical Persian poets, Hafez and Rumi. Other books have tried to explain Whitman's religion, but none so far has done justice to the topic. Some critics have labelled Whitman a pantheist and let it go at that. Others have dismissed the topic of religion in Whitman's poems as posturing to gain a readership. This work contends that Whitman took religion very seriously. His poems are full of religious references. He knew the Bible well. He also had read Emerson on the poets of the East as well as some of the same poets in translation. This book postulates that the counterparts of Whitman's ideas about religion are best found in the Orient and that his ideas on religion have much in common with those of the Sufis. The book focuses on the works of the three poets. Lines from Whitman are quoted and compared with lines from Rumi and Hafez to illustrate that the three poets conveyed their message through very human actions and emotions. Their message, which is mystical, is conveyed through a secular language, and their symbolism is unconventional. They attract the reader through their humanness and in doing so attempt to lead the reader to recognition of the divine existing both inside and outside of themselves. Like Whitman, Rumi and Hafez realise that God is both transcendent and immanent and as a result encourage their readers to seek the Divine everywhere, especially within themselves. Man's "true home", they contend, is his Divine origin. Man is infinitely bound up with God, is never separate from God. Whitman's long poem titled "Song of Myself" has created much controversy over the years, and Whitman has often been labelled an extreme egotist. Walt Whitman and the Persian Poets illustrates that all three poets see their egotism as a result of their complete faith in God's omnipresence and their ability to recognise Him in every aspect of creation. As did Emerson, all three hold a belief in the simultaneous transcendence and immanence of God. In short, they see themselves as God-intoxicated, as reflections of God in the phenomenal world. Therefore, as do the Sufi poets, Whitman sees man and God as one.
LC Classification NumberPS3242.R4L46 2009
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