The Poetics of Anti-Colonialism in the Arabic Qasidah
| Author/creator | Kadhim, Hussein N. Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden : BRILL Boston : Brill USA, Inc. [Distributor] |
| Description | xiv, 290 p. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Series | Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures Ser. Vol. 29 |
| Summary | Annotation "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 |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2004040759 |
| ISBN | 9789004130302 |
| ISBN | 9004130306 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Stock number | 00815219 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |