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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457278603321

Autore

MuÌsawiÌ Muhsin JaÌsim

Titolo

Arabic poetry : trajectories of modernity and tradition / / Muhsin J. al-Musawi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2006

ISBN

0-916798-15-1

1-135-98926-5

1-280-55304-9

9786610553044

0-203-96541-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (351 p.)

Collana

Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures

Disciplina

892.7/1609

Soggetti

Arabic poetry - 20th century - History and criticism

Arabic literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; A NOTE ON TRANSLATION AND TRANSLITERATION; 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. Elliot?

8. CONCLUSION: Deviational and reversal poetics-dissent, not allegianceNOTES; WORKS CITED; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

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