Elegy as a Medium for the Indictment of Arab Culture: Death Transformed and Politicized. A Reading-Translation of Medieval and Modern Arabic Elegies - Mansour Ajami - Books - Gerlach Press - 9783959941747 - December 31, 2025
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Elegy as a Medium for the Indictment of Arab Culture: Death Transformed and Politicized. A Reading-Translation of Medieval and Modern Arabic Elegies


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This book consists of a critical introduction and six chapters on two famous medieval poems by Ibn al-Anbari and Abu Tammam, and three unique and remarkable C20th poems by the Lebanese poet Khalil Hawi (1919-1982), the Syrian poet and diplomat Nizar Qabbani (1923-1928), and the influential Iraqi poet Badr Shakir al-Sayyab (1926-1964).


160 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released December 31, 2025
ISBN13 9783959941747
Publishers Gerlach Press
Pages 160
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   925 g

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