Egyptian colloquial poetry in the modern Arabic canon
Subtitle: new readings of shi'r al-'ammiyya
By: Noha M. Radwan
Series: Literatures and cultures of the Islamic world
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230341326
Subjects: Arabic poetry; History and criticism; Arabic Dialect poetry
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Historically speaking: Arabic poetry and the language of speech; title: Shi'r al-'ammiyya and modernism in Arabic poetry; title: Fuʼād Ḥaddād: a modernist in traditional garb; title: Ṣalāḥ Jāhīn: a sage in fools' clothing; title: ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Abnūdī: a saʻīdī among Cairenes; title: Conclusion.