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Arabic poems : a bilingual edition / edited by Marlé Hammond.
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Book
Language
English
Arabic
Published/Created
New York : Everyman's Library, 2014.
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287 pages ; 17 cm.
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PJ7694.E3 A75 2014
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Arabic poetry
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Arabic poetry
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Editor
Hammond, Marlé
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Poetry
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poetry
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Everyman's library pocket poets
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Summary note
A bilingual anthology of poems from the sixth century to the present, Arabic Poems is a one-of-a-kind showcase of a fascinating literary tradition. The Arabic poetic legacy is as vast as it is deep, spanning a period of fifteen centuries in regions from Morocco to Iraq. Themes of love, nature, religion, and politics recur in works drawn from the pre-Islamic oral tradition through poems anticipating the recent Arab Spring. Editor Marlé Hammond has selected more than fifty 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, medieval Andalusian poet Ibn Zaydun, the mystical poet Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya, and the influential Egyptian Romantic Ahmad Zaki Abu Shadi. Here too are literary giants of the past century: Khalil Jibran, author of the best-selling 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.
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Bilingual anthology of classical and modern Arabic poems, from the 6th century to the present, with English and Arabic on facing pages.
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Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
9780375712432 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
0375712437 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
9781841597980
1841597988
LCCN
2014016346
OCLC
890626294
Other standard number
40023903297
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