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

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Kadhim, Hussein N

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TextLanguage: English Summary language: English, Arabic Series: Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; v. 29.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 288 pages)Content type:

text

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1429407123
9781429407120
9789004130302
9004130306
1280914726
9781280914720
9786610914722
6610914729
9047404408
9789047404408

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Poetics of anti-colonialism in the Arabic qaṣīdah.DDC classification:

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PJ7561 .K29 2004eb

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Contents:

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 The Lord and the Bard: Colonial Discourse and Counter-discourse -- Chapter 2 Empire as Occasion: Ahmad Shawqī's Elegy for Damascus -- Chapter 3 Ma'rūf al-Rusāfī and the Poetics of Anti-Colonialism -- Chapter 4 Rewriting the Metropolitan Text: Badr Shākir al-Sayyāb on "Arab Decline" -- Chapter 5 Palestine: The Central Cause: 'Abd al-Wahhāb al-Bayātī's "Odes to Jaffa" -- Chapter 6 The Elusive Dream: 'Abd al-Wahhāb al-Bayātī's Odes to His Son 'Alī -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I.

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Summary: "This book represents the most sustained investigation of the aesthetics of Anti-Colonialism in modern Arabic poetry. Through painstaking analyses of a selection of odes by four leading twentieth-century poets, Ahmad Shawqi, Ma'ruf al-Rusafi, Badr Shakir al-Sayyab and 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayati, the book chronicles the evolution of a distinct poetics that sought to maintain the integrity of the qasidah without circumventing its historical moment." "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."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-270) and index.

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"This book represents the most sustained investigation of the aesthetics of Anti-Colonialism in modern Arabic poetry. Through painstaking analyses of a selection of odes by four leading twentieth-century poets, Ahmad Shawqi, Ma'ruf al-Rusafi, Badr Shakir al-Sayyab and 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayati, the book chronicles the evolution of a distinct poetics that sought to maintain the integrity of the qasidah without circumventing its historical moment." "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."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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