Overview of Arabic Poems (Everyman Library) Book

The Arabic poetic legacy is as vast as it is deep, spanning a period of fifteen centuries in regions from Morocco to Iraq. As a unifying principle, editor Marl' Hammond has selected eighty poems reflecting desire and longing of various kinds: for the beloved, for the divine, for the homeland and for change and renewal. Poets include the legendary pre-Islamic warrior 'Antara Ibn Shaddad, medieval Andalusian poet Ibn Zaydun, the wandering poet Al-A'sha and the influential Egyptian Romantic Ahmad Zaki Abu Shadi. Here too are literary giants of the past century: Khalil Jibran, author of the bestselling The Prophet, popular Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani, Palestinian feminist Fadwa Tuqan, Mahmoud Darwish, bard of occupation and exile, acclaimed iconoclast Adonis and more. In their evocations of heroism, nostalgia, mysticism, grief and passion, the poems gathered here transcend the limitations of time and place.About the Editor:Marl Hammond is Lecturer in Arabic Popular Literature and Culture at SOAS, University of London.

• Book Type :

Humanities

• Book Binding :

Paperback

• Language :

English

• Number of Pages :

• ISBN - 10 :

1841597988

• Arabic Poems (Everyman Library) Published On :

31 Mar 2014

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