{"product_id":"9783959941747","title":"Elegy as a Medium for the Indictment of Arab Culture : Death Transformed and Politicized. A Reading-Translation of Medieval and Modern Arabic Elegies by Mansour Ajami","description":"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 poems by Khalil Hawi (1919-1982), one of the most famous Lebanese poets of the C20th; Nizar Qabbani (1923-1928), a Syrian poet, diplomat and publisher; and Badr Shakir al-Sayyab (1926-1964), the well-known and widely translated Iraqi poet. The author applies a deconstructive critical interpretation (analysis) to the two medieval poems and a reading translation of the modern ones. The introduction contains new ideas on translation from Arabic into English and a new reading of the rhyme in medieval and modern Arabic poetry.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369522377077,"sku":"9783959941747","price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9783959941747.jpg?v=1763553510","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9783959941747","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}