Elegy as a Medium for the Indictment of Arab Culture

Death Transformed and Politicized. A Reading-Translation of Medieval and Modern Arabic Elegies

By (author) Mansour Ajami

Book cover: Elegy as a Medium for the Indictment of Arab Culture

Extent: 160 pages

Publisher: Gerlach Press

Subjects: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2024)

ISBN: 9783959941747

6.18 x 9.41 inches

Price: $110.00

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This book consists of a critical introduction and six chapters on two famous medieval poems by Ibn al-Anbari and Abu Tammam, and three unique and remarkable C20th poems by the Lebanese poet Khalil Hawi (1919-1982), the Syrian poet and diplomat Nizar Qabbani (1923-1928), and the influential Iraqi poet Badr Shakir al-Sayyab (1926-1964)


The book consists of a critical introduction and six chapters on two famous great medieval poems by Ibn al-Anbari and Abu Tammam, and three unique and remarkable poems by Khalil Hawi, Nizar Qabbani, and Badr Shakir al-Sayyab. The author applies a deconstructive critical interpretation (analysis) to the two medieval poems and a reading translation of the modern ones. The introduction contains new ideas on translation from Arabic into English and a new reading of the rhyme in medieval and modern Arabic poetry.

  • By (author) Mansour Ajami