| Arabic Poems Contributor(s): Hammond, Marle (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0375712437 ISBN-13: 9780375712432 Publisher: Everyman's Library OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Middle Eastern - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Poetry | Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 892.71 |
| LCCN: 2014016346 |
| Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.5" W x 6.6" (0.55 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A bilingual anthology of poems from the sixth century to the present, Arabic Poems is a one-of-a-kind showcase of a fascinating literary tradition. The Arabic poetic legacy is as vast as it is deep, spanning a period of fifteen centuries in regions from Morocco to Iraq. Themes of love, nature, religion, and politics recur in works drawn from the pre-Islamic oral tradition through poems anticipating the recent Arab Spring. Editor Marl Hammond has selected more than fifty poems reflecting desire and longing of various kinds: for the beloved, for the divine, for the homeland, and for change and renewal. Poets include the legendary pre-Islamic warrior 'Antara, medieval Andalusian poet Ibn Zaydun, the mystical poet Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya, and the influential Egyptian Romantic Ahmad Zaki Abu Shadi. Here too are literary giants of the past century: Khalil Jibran, author of the best-selling The Prophet; popular Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani; Palestinian feminist Fadwa Tuqan; Mahmoud Darwish, bard of occupation and exile; acclaimed iconoclast Adonis; and more. In their evocations of heroism, nostalgia, mysticism, grief, and passion, the poems gathered here transcend the limitations of time and place. |