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The dangers of poetry : culture, politics, and revolution in Iraq /

"This book tells the story of rebel poetry in Iraq from the early twentieth century to the dawn of the Ba'thist era. It emphasizes the social relevance of rebel poetry by showing how poetry was composed, recited, disseminated, criticized, and punished. And it documents the role of poets as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jones, Kevin M. (Kevin Michael), 1983- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"This book tells the story of rebel poetry in Iraq from the early twentieth century to the dawn of the Ba'thist era. It emphasizes the social relevance of rebel poetry by showing how poetry was composed, recited, disseminated, criticized, and punished. And it documents the role of poets as national spokesmen in the long struggle for national liberation, locating their ideas and actions in the global currents of anticolonial modernity"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 306 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781503613874
1503613879