The Journey of the Soul in Attar and Langland

In both classical Persian and medieval European literatures, a number of poets and philosophers were interested in allegorizing the journey of the soul to Allah or to God. This essay examines two allegorical masterpieces: Attar of Nishapur’s “Manteq ut-Tair” and William Langland’s “Piers Plowman: Th...

The International Journal of Literary Humanities

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