Description
Huda J. Fakhreddine explores the 'new genre' of the Arabic prose poem as a poetic practice and a critical lens. This poetic form gave rise to a profound, contentious and continuing debate about Arabic poetry: its definition, its limits and its relation to its readers. Fakhreddine examines the history of the prose poem, its claims of autonomy and distance from its socio-political context, and the anxiety and scandal it generated.
Author: Huda J. Fakhreddine
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 12/08/2022
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781474474979
ISBN10: 1474474977
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern
- Literary Criticism | Poetry
- Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature
About the Author
Associate Professor of Arabic Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. Author of Metapoetics in the Arabic Tradition (Brill, 2015).