Songs of Mihyar the Damascene
Adūnīs, 1930-2020
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Written in the early 1960s by Adonis, 'the most eloquent spokesman and explorer of Arabic modernity' (Edward Said), 'Songs of Mihyar the Damascene' is widely considered to be the apex of the modernist poetry movement in the Arab world, and a radical departure from the rigid formal structures that had dominated Arabic poetry until the 1950s. Drawing not only on Western influences, such as T.S. Eliot and Nietzsche, but on the deep tradition and history of Arabic poetry, Adonis accomplished a masterful and unprecedented transformation of the forms and themes of Arabic poetry, initiating a profound revaluation of cultural and poetic traditions.
Main title:
Songs of Mihyar the Damascene / Adonis ; translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid, Ivan Eubanks.
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Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2020.
Collation:
256 pages ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Translated from the Arabic.
ISBN:
9780241483558 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
892.716
Language:
EnglishArabic
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BRN:
1931857