| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 327 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge studies in Middle Eastern literature ; 9 |
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Routledge studies in Middle Eastern literatures.
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| Contents |
1. Poetic trajectories : critical introduction -- 2. The tradition/modernity nexus in Arabic poetics -- 3. Poetic strategies : thresholds for conformity and dissent -- 4. Poetic dialogization : ancestors in the text, figures and figurations -- 5. Dedications as poetic intersections -- 6. Envisioning exile : past anchors and problematic encounters -- 7. The edge of recognition and rejection : why T.S. Eliot? -- 8. Conclusion : deviational and reversal poetics -- dissent, not allegiance |
| Summary |
Since the late 1940s, Arabic poetry has spoken for an Arab conscience, as much as it has debated positions and ideologies, nationally and worldwide. This book tackles issues of modernity and tradition in Arabic poetry as manifested in poetic texts and criticism by poets as participants in transformation and change. It studies the poetic in its complexity, relating to issues of selfhood, individuality, community, religion, ideology, nation, class and gender.Al-Musawi also explores in context issues that have been cursorily noticed or neglected, like Shi'i poetics, Sufism, women's poet |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-318) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Arabic poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
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Arabic poetry
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Gedichten.
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Arabisch.
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Traditie.
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Moderniteit.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005017052 |
| ISBN |
0203965418 |
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9780203965412 |
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9786610553044 |
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6610553041 |
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