The story of Layla and Majnun

Author(s)

• Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41 or 3
• Gelpke, Rudolf
• Mattin, E.
• Hill, G.

Bibliographic Information

The story of Layla and Majnun

by Nizami ; translated from the Persian and edited by Rudolf Gelpke ; English version in collaboration with E. Mattin and G. Hill

Omega Pub., c1997

Description and Table of Contents

Description

An excellent translation of Nizami's 12th century poetic masterpiece of the legend of the romantic fool. Tale of the ideal lover, and allegory of the soul's search for God.Among the legendary love stories of the Islamic Orient, that of Layla and Majnun is probably the best known. The two lovers live up to this day in poems, songs and epics of many tribes and nations fromthe Caucasus to the interior of Africa, from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean.

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Details

• NCID: BA76463713
• ISBN:
  • 0930872525
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: per
• Place of Publication: New Lebanon, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: 177 p.
• Size: 23 cm