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Love and Poetry in the Middle East: Love and Literature from Antiquity to the Present

Love and Poetry in the Middle East: Love and Literature from Antiquity to the Present - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Atef Alshaer (Editor)Publish date:2023-08-24Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:I. B. Tauris & CompanyISBN-13:9780755640980ISBN-10:755640985UPC:9780755640980Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:Middle Eastern, Poetry, Middle EastSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SCPG54620S

Love has been an important trope in the literature of the region we now call the Middle East, from ancient times to modern. This book analyses love poetry in various ancient and contemporary languages of the Middle East, including Akkadian, ancient Egyptian, Classical and Modern Standard Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Turkish and Kurdish, including literary materials that have been discovered and highlighted for the first time.

Together, the chapters reflect and explore the discursive evolution of the theme of love, and the sensibilities, styles and techniques used to convey it. They chart the way in which poems in ancient poetry give way to complex and varied reflections of human sentiments in the medieval languages and on to the modern period which in turn reflects the complexities and nuances of present times. Offering a snapshot of the diverse literary languages and their relationship to the theme of love, the book will be of interest to scholars of Near and Middle Eastern Literature and Culture.
Language:EnglishPublisher:I. B. Tauris & CompanyISBN-13:9780755640980ISBN-10:755640985UPC:9780755640980Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:Middle Eastern, Poetry, Middle EastSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SCPG54620S
Atef Alshaer is Senior Lecturer in Arabic Language and Culture at the University of Westminster, UK. He is the author of Poetry and Politics in the Modern Arab World (2016), and co-author of The Hizbullah Phenomenon: Politics and Communication (2014).
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company

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