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
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780804776462
Subjects: Poetics; Secularism in literature; Arabic poetry; History and criticism
Description: Furani follows Palestinian poets' debates about their craft as they traverse multiple and competing realities of secularism and religion, expulsion and occupation, art, politics, immortality, death, fame, and obscurity. He takes his reader down ancient roads and across military checkpoints to join the poets' worlds and engage with the rhythms of their lifelong journeys in Islamic and Arabic history, language, and verse.
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.