Arabic Poems

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 Marlé 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.

Product details

• Authors: Marle Hammond, Marle (EDT) Hammond
• Assisted by: Marle Hammond (Editor)
• Publisher: Everyman s Library PRH USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.08.2014
• EAN: 9780375712432
• ISBN: 978-0-375-71243-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 115 mm x 166 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Everyman's library; Pocket Poets Series; Everyman's Library Pocket Poet; Everyman's library; Pocket Poets Series; Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series; Everyman's Library; Everyman's library
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies