| The Poetics of Anti-Colonialism in the Arabic Qaṣīdah Contributor(s): Kadhim, Hussein (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004130306 ISBN-13: 9789004130302 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $165.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2004 Annotation: 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 "qa??dah without circumventing its historical moment. It painstakingly analysesa selection of odes by four leading twentieth-century poets, A?mad Shawq?, Ma?r?f al-Ru??f?, Badr Sh?kir al-Sayy?b and ?Abd al-Wahh?b al-Bay?t?. 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. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern |
| Dewey: 892.710 |
| LCCN: 2004040759 |
| Series: Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.25 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |
