Love, separation, and union: the mystical master-narrative of the human condition in Persian poetry / by Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak -- Death as the gateway to life in the eyes of the Sufis / by Annemarie Schimmel -- The evolutionary psychology of Jalal Al-Din Rumi / by William C. Chittick -- Poetry in ruins: two classical traditions encounter the exotic / by William Hanaway -- Dramatic buildup in Nezami's Khosrow and Shirin / by Peter Chelkowski.