Silencing the sea
Subtitle: secular rhythms in Palestinian poetry
By: Khaled Furani
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780804776462
Subjects: Poetics; Secularism in literature; Arabic poetry; History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Secular bewilderment; title: Rhythms and rulers; title: The land of the poem; title: Memory for beginnings; title: Metrical discipline and mastery; title: Poets for "the people"; title: Enough "screaming"; title: Rhythmical freedom; title: Modern poets and "conservative" people; title: Redeeming prose; title: When meter melts; title: The laity outside poetry's temple; title: Conclusions : secular prayers.