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Elegy as a Medium for the Indictment of Arab Culture: Death Transformed and Politicized. A Reading-Translation of Medieval and Modern Arabic Elegies
Mansour Ajami
Elegy as a Medium for the Indictment of Arab Culture: Death Transformed and Politicized. A Reading-Translation of Medieval and Modern Arabic Elegies
Mansour Ajami
This book consists of a critical introduction and six chapters on two famous medieval poems by Ibn al-Anbari and Abu Tammam, and three unique and remarkable C20th poems by the Lebanese poet Khalil Hawi (1919-1982), the Syrian poet and diplomat Nizar Qabbani (1923-1928), and the influential Iraqi poet Badr Shakir al-Sayyab (1926-1964).
160 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
To be released | February 28, 2025 |
ISBN13 | 9783959941747 |
Publishers | Gerlach Press |
Pages | 160 |
Dimensions | 925 g |