Philosophical Fundamentals of Belief in the Mystical Poetry of Rumi and Donne
Religious Studies and Theology February 15, 2006 Manijeh Mannani
The central focus of my article is a comparative study of the Persian Sufi poet, Jalal al-Din Rumi (1212-1273), and the English Metaphysical poet, John Donne (1572-1631). In this article, I have analyzed the two schools of thought to which these poets belong as well as their individual world-views to elucidate the different dimensions of the shared philosophy governing their poetry. Mine is, in...