| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Literature of the Middle East |
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Literature of the Middle East.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Memory for Forgetfulness |
| Summary |
One of the Arab world's greatest poets uses the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the shelling of Beirut as the setting for this sequence of prose poems. Mahmoud Darwish vividly recreates the sights and sounds of a city under terrible siege. As fighter jets scream overhead, he explores the war-ravaged streets of Beirut on August 6th (Hiroshima Day). Memory for Forgetfulness is an extended reflection on the invasion and its political and historical dimensions. It is also a journey into personal and collective memory. What is the meaning of exile? What is the role of the writer in time |
| Analysis |
1982 israeli invasion |
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arabic literature |
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bitter rivals |
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conflict |
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engaging |
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fate |
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good vs evil |
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hardship |
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heroism |
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historical dimensions |
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historical |
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history |
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homeland |
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hostilities |
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human struggles |
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intense |
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invasion |
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lebanon |
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life lessons |
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literature |
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men at war |
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middle east history |
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palestine |
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poems |
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poetry collection |
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poetry |
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political |
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politics |
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power struggle |
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prominent poets |
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prose poems |
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resistance |
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revolutionaries |
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shelling of beirut |
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spiritual |
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tragic |
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violence |
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war ravaged streets |
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war |
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warriors |
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world politics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Darwīsh, Maḥmūd
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| SUBJECT |
Darwīsh, Maḥmūd fast |
| Subject |
POETRY -- General.
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| SUBJECT |
Lebanon -- History -- Israeli intervention, 1982-1985 -- Personal narratives, Palestinian
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Beirut (Lebanon) -- History
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| Subject |
Lebanon
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Lebanon -- Beirut
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| Genre/Form |
poetry.
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Poetry
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History
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Personal narratives
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Poetry.
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Poésie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1299557910 |
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9781299557918 |
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9780520954595 |
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0520954599 |
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0520273044 |
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9780520273047 |
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