"Allegorical Desire, or, The Sufi 'Phoenix and the Turtle'"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbp150/
Author:
	Menon, Madhavi.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2024
Publication Information:
	Shakespeare Survey 77 (2024): 79–90.
Annotation:
	Explicates Arabian allegories in "The Phoenix and the Turtle," considering Shakespeare's poem in relation to Farud ud-din Attar's Sufi poem Mantiq-al-Tayr (The Conference of the Birds). English summary, 347.
Language:
	English
Persons:
	Attar, Farid ud-din
Keywords:
	Sufism
Tags:
	"The Phoenix and the Turtle", Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Shakespeare's Sources and Influences on Shakespeare
WSB Update:
	Spring 2026
WSB Record Number:
	bbbp150