Anthology of Islamic Literature: From the Rise of Islam to Modern Times (Meridian)

Anthology of Islamic Literature presents a representative and rich sampling of some thirteen centuries of great Islamic literture, spanning the period from the rise of Mohammed and the Age of Caliphs to the Mughal poetry of India and Ottoman poetry at the end of the eighteenth century. It encompasses the writings of mystics, poets, storytellers, biographers, visionaries, spinners of tales and proverbs. More than forty selections are included in this volume to introduce the Western reader to the culture of Islam, to the depth and breadth of its imaginative vision.