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Sufism and American Literary Masters SUNY series in Islam ————— Seyyed Hossein Nasr, editor Sufism and American Literary Masters Edited by Mehdi Aminrazavi Foreword by Jacob Needleman Cover art from Fotolia Published by State University of New York Press, Albany © 2014 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, contact State University of New York Press, Albany, NY www.sunypress.edu Production, Diane Ganeles Marketing, Michael Campochiaro Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sufism and American literary masters / edited by Mehdi Aminrazavi ; foreword by Jacob Needleman. pages cm. — (SUNY series in islam) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4384-5353-8 (hc.: alk. paper) 1. American poetry—Islamic influences. 2. Sufi poetry, American—History and criticism. 3. Sufism in literature. 4. Muslims in literature. 5. Islam in literature. 6. Mysticism in literature. I. Aminrazavi, Mehdi. II. Needleman, Jacob. PS166.S85 2014 810.9'382974—dc23 2014028931 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To Mitra, my daughter for her resilience and courage in light of adversity ﻮﺗ ﯽﯾﻳﻮﺗ ﮫﻪﻧﺎﺷﺎﮐ ﻮﺗﺮﭘ ،٬ مﻡوﻭرﺭ ﮫﻪﮐ ﺎﺟ ﺮھﮪﮬﻫ ﻮﺗ ﯽﯾﻳﻮﺗ ﮫﻪﻧﺎﺧ نﻥآﺁ ﺐﺣﺎﺻ ،٬ ﻢﻧزﺯ ﮫﻪﮐ رﺭدﺩ ﺮھﮪﮬﻫ ﻮﺗ ﯽﯾﻳﻮﺗ ﮫﻪﻧﺎﺨﺘﺑ وﻭ ﮫﻪﺒﻌﮐ زﺯاﺍ ﻦﻣ دﺩﻮﺼﻘﻣ ﻮﺗ ﯽﯾﻳﻮﺗ ﮫﻪﻧﺎﻧﺎﺟ ﮫﻪﮐ ﺮﯾﻳدﺩ وﻭ هﻩﺪﮑﯿﻴﻣ رﺭدﺩ ﮫﻪﻧﺎﮭﻬﺑ ﮫﻪﻧﺎﺨﺘﺑ وﻭ ﮫﻪﺒﻌﮐ ،٬ ﯽﯾﻳﻮﺗ دﺩﻮﺼﻘﻣ Thou art the dweller of every house on whose door I knock, Whereever I sojourn, Thou art the Light of the door way. Be it tavern or monastery, Thou art its soul of souls. In praying to the Ka‘bah or the house of idols, I have Thee in mind, The purpose is Thou, the Ka‘bah and the idol house are but an excuse. Baha’ al-Din ‘Amili Contents Foreword xi Jacob Needleman Introduction 1 Mehdi Aminrazavi The English Romantic Background 1. English Romantics and Persian Sufi Poets: A Wellspring of Inspiration for American Transcendentalists 15 Leonard Lewisohn The Master: Emerson and Sufism 2. The Chronological Development of Emerson’s Interest in Persian Mysticism 55 Mansur Ekhtiyar 3. Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Muslim Orient 75 Marwan M. Obeidat 4. Emerson and Aspects of Sa‘di’s Reception in Nineteenth-Century America 91 Parvin Loloi 5. Emerson on Hafiz and Sa‘di: The Narrative of Love and Wine 117 Farhang Jahanpour The Disciple: Walt Whitman 6. Whitman and Hafiz: Expressions of Universal Love and Tolerance 153 Mahnaz Ahmad
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