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“The Masnavi or Masnavi-I Ma'navi (Persian: مثنوی معنوی), also written Mathnawi or Mesnevi, written in Persian by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, the celebrated Persian Sufi saint and poet, is one of the best known and most influential works of both Sufism and Persian literature. Comprising six books of poems that amount to more than 50,000 lines, it pursues its way through 424 stories that illustrate man's predicament in his search for God. ”

Anna wrote this review Tuesday, April 15 2008. ( reply | permalink )

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“Khwāja Šams ud-Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Šīrāzī, or simply Hāfez (Persian: خواجه شمس‌الدین محمد حافظ شیرازی), was a Persian mystic and poet. He was born sometime between the years 1310 and 1337 in Shiraz, Medieval Persia. John Payne, who has translated the Diwan Hafez, regards Hafez as the greatest poet of the world. His lyrical poems, known as ghazals, are noted for their beauty and bring to fruition the love, mysticism, and early Sufi themes that had long pervaded Persian poetry. Moreover, his poetry possessed elements of modern surrealism ”

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“SOPHOCLES was one of the three major authors of Greek tragedy. of his 123 plays only seven survive in full. Antigone , written and first performed in the late 440S B.C., is among his most often revived plays; its strong roles and its conflict between individual molarity and the overbearing political needs of the state ,have never lost their compelling interest through the generations.”

Anna wrote this review Friday, April 11 2008. ( reply | permalink )