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The Arabic prose poem : poetic theory and practice /

The Arabic prose poem gave rise to a profound, contentious and continuing debate about Arabic poetry: its definition, its limits and its relation to its readers. Huda J. Fakhreddine examines the history of the prose poem, its claims of autonomy and distance from its socio-political context, and the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fakhreddine, Huda J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]
Series:Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literature.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Precursors, terms, and manifestos between theory and practice
  • 2. The prose poem and the Arabic tradition
  • 3. Adonis : writing where the world begins and begins again
  • 4. Muhammad al-Maghut and poetic detachment
  • 5. Mahmoud Darwish as middleman
  • 6. Salim Barakat : poetry as linguistic conquest
  • 7. Wadiʻ Saʻadeh and the third generation of prose poets
  • Afterword.