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

• Autore: MuÌsawiÌ Muhsin JaÌsim
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (351 p.)
• Disciplina: 892.7/1609
• Soggetto topico: Arabic poetry - 20th century - History and criticism; Arabic literature - 20th century - History and criticism
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Arabic poetry
• ISBN: 1-135-98925-7; 0-916798-15-1; 1-135-98926-5; 1-280-55304-9; 9786610553044; 0-203-96541-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808896603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures