Arabic Poems - (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) by Marle Hammond (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Bilingual anthology of classical and modern Arabic poems, from the 6th century to the present, with English and Arabic on facing pages.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A bilingual anthology of poems from the sixth century to the present, <i>Arabic Poems</i> is a one-of-a-kind showcase of a fascinating literary tradition. <p/> The Arabic poetic legacy is as vast as it is deep, spanning a period of fifteen centuries in regions from Morocco to Iraq. Themes of love, nature, religion, and politics recur in works drawn from the pre-Islamic oral tradition through poems anticipating the recent Arab Spring. <p/> Editor Marlé Hammond has selected more than fifty poems reflecting desire and longing of various kinds: for the beloved, for the divine, for the homeland, and for change and renewal. Poets include the legendary pre-Islamic warrior 'Antara, medieval Andalusian poet Ibn Zaydun, the mystical poet Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya, and the influential Egyptian Romantic Ahmad Zaki Abu Shadi. Here too are literary giants of the past century: Khalil Jibran, author of the best-selling <i>The Prophet;</i> popular Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani; Palestinian feminist Fadwa Tuqan; Mahmoud Darwish, bard of occupation and exile; acclaimed iconoclast Adonis; and more. In their evocations of heroism, nostalgia, mysticism, grief, and passion, the poems gathered here transcend the limitations of time and place.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>MARLÉ HAMMOND</b>, a Lecturer in Arabic Popular Literature and Culture at SOAS, University of London, is the author of <i>Beyond Elegy: Classical Arabic Women's Poetry in Context</i>.
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