Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-211) and index
Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- 1. Whitman and the Persian poets: an introduction -- 2. Whitman as poet-prophet -- 3. Rumi and Hafez as poet-prophets -- 4. Whitman: man's divinity and the mystic poet's egotism -- 5. Rumi and Hafez: man's divinity and the mystic poet's egotism -- 6. Whitman and the Persian poets: life, death, and immortality -- Works cited -- Index.
