Arabic poetry
Subtitle: trajectories of modernity and tradition
By: Muhsin J. al-Musawi.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: Arabic poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Poetic trajectories: introduction; title: 2. The tradition/modernity nexus in Arabic poetics; title: 3. Poetic strategies: thresholds for conformity and dissent; title: 4. Poetic dialogization: ancestors in the text, figures and figurations; title: 5. Dedications as poetic intersections: precursors and contemporaries; title: 6. Envisioning exile: past anchors and problematic encounters; title: 7. The edge of recognition and rejection: why T. S. Eliot?; title: 8. Conclusion: re-inscribing tradition.