Egyptian Colloquial Poetry in the Modern Arabic Canon [electronic resource] : New Readings of Shi'r al-'?mmiyya /
Radwan, N.author.
Noha Radwan offers the first book-length study of the emergence, context, and development of modern Egyptian colloquial poetry, recently used as a vehicle for communications in the revolutionary youth movement in Egypt on January 25th 2011, and situates it among modernist Arab poetry.
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Note from the Editor; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Historically Speaking: Arabic Poetry and the Language of Speech; 2 Shi`r al-`Ammiyya and Modernism in Arabic Poetry; 3 Fu`ad H. addad: A Modernist in Traditional Garb; 4 S.alah. Jahin: A Sage in Fool's Clothing; 5 `Abd al-Rah. man al-Abnudi: A S.a`idi among Cairenes; Conclusion; Postscript: Egyptian Colloquial Poetry Blooms in the Arab Spring; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Noha Radwan offers the first book-length study of the emergence, context, and development of modern Egyptian colloquial poetry, recently used as a vehicle for communications in the revolutionary youth movement in Egypt on January 25th 2011, and situates it among modernist Arab poetry.
Cultural studies.
Poetry.
Anthropology.
Middle Eastern literature.
Ethnology.
Literature   .
Cultural Studies.
Poetry and Poetics.
Anthropology.
Middle Eastern Literature.
Cultural Anthropology.
Postcolonial/World Literature.