The Palestinian Wedding : A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary Palestinian Resistance Poetry Paperback / softback
by A.M. Elmessiri
Paperback / softback
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The poems in this powerful bilingual collection range from the rhetorical lyricism of Tawfiq Zayyad to the complex, cosmic imagery of Walid al-Halis, from the romantic idiom of Salma al-Jayyusi to the edgy, convoluted style of Tawfiq Sayigh, all evoking Palestine, the never-forgotten homeland. The rich variety of the work is explored in Abdelwahab Elmessiri's extensive introduction and further reflected in the Arabic-language versions that accompany each selection.
Opening with Mahmud Darwish's "The Roses and the Dictionary" and Samih al-Qasim's "To Najib Mahfuz," the collection is organized around six themes: aesthetics of the revolution, elegies, love of Palestine, steadfastness, resistance, and victory. Other poets represented include Laila 'Alush, 'Abd al-Latif 'Aql, Fawzi el-Asmar, Mu'in Basisu, Ahmad Dahbur, Yusuf Hamdan, Ahmad Husayn, Rashid Husayn, Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, Salim Jubran, Nazih Khayr, Kamal Nasir, 'Abd al-Karim al-Sab‘awi, Mayy Sayigh, and Fadwah Tuqan.
The book also includes biographical notes and a selected bibliography.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:249 pages
- Publisher:Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc
- Publication Date:30/01/1988
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- ISBN:9780894100963
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:249 pages
- Publisher:Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc
- Publication Date:30/01/1988
- Category:
- ISBN:9780894100963