Baghdad - The City in Verse

Baghdad: The City in Verse captures the essence of life lived in one of the world’s enduring metropolises. This unusual anthology offers original translations of 170 Arabic poems from Bedouin, Muslim, Christian, Kurdish, and Jewish poets—most for the first time in English—from Baghdad’s founding in the eighth century to the present day.

About the author

Reuven Snir is Professor of Arabic Literature and Dean of Humanities at the University of Haifa.

Summary

Baghdad: The City in Verse captures the essence of life lived in one of the world’s enduring metropolises. This unusual anthology offers original translations of 170 Arabic poems from Bedouin, Muslim, Christian, Kurdish, and Jewish poets—most for the first time in English—from Baghdad’s founding in the eighth century to the present day.

Product details

• Authors: R. Snir, Reuven Snir, Reuven (EDT)/ Allen Snir
• Assisted by: Reuven Snir (Editor), Roger Allen (Foreword), Abdul Kader El Janabi (Afterword), Reuven Snir (Translation), Snir Reuven (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.2013
• EAN: 9780674725218
• ISBN: 978-0-674-72521-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 216 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors), Poetry anthologies (various poets), Anthologies