The poetics of anti-colonialism in the Arabic qasidah / / by Hussein N. Kadhim

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822224303321
• Autore: Kadhim Hussein N
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2004
• ISBN: 1-280-91472-6; 9786610914722; 90-474-0440-8; 1-4294-0712-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 288 pages)
• Collana: Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures, , 1571-5183 ; ; v. 29
• Disciplina: 892.7/109
• Soggetti: Arabic poetry - History and criticism; Anti-imperialist movements
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-270) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 The Lord and the Bard: Colonial Discourse and Counter-discourse -- Chapter 2 Empire as Occasion: Ahmad Shawq&amp -- #299 -- 's Elegy for Damascus -- Chapter 3 Ma'r&amp -- #363 -- f al-Rus&amp -- #257 -- f&amp -- #299 -- and the Poetics of Anti-Colonialism -- Chapter 4 Rewriting the Metropolitan Text: Badr Sh&amp -- #257 -- kir al-Sayy&amp -- #257 -- b on "Arab Decline" -- Chapter 5 Palestine: The Central Cause: 'Abd al-Wahh&amp -- #257 -- b al-Bay&amp -- #257 -- t&amp -- #299 -- 's "Odes to Jaffa" -- Chapter 6 The Elusive Dream: 'Abd al-Wahh&amp -- #257 -- b al-Bay&amp -- #257 -- t&amp -- #299 -- 's Odes to His Son 'Al&amp -- #299 -- -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: Representing the most sustained investigation of the aesthetics of Anti-Colonialism in modern Arabic poetry, this book chronicles the evolution of a distinct poetics that sought to maintain the integrity of the qaṣīdah without circumventing its historical moment. It painstakingly analyses a selection of odes by four leading twentieth-; century poets, Aḥmad Shawqī, Maʿrūf al-Ruṣāfī, Badr Shākir al-Sayyāb and ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Bayātī. It will be of particular interest to scholars and students of Arabic literature, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, Postcolonial studies, Comparative literature, and Cultural studies.