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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Part I. The Meaning -- 1. Heavenly Summary -- 2. A Sky on Earth -- 3. A Rope Between a Camel and a Tank -- 4. A Bridge to Job -- 5. Dissection -- 6. Afflictions -- 7. Tempted by Nothing: A Song -- 8. Tempted by Everything: A Song -- Part II. Images -- Notes -- Acknowledgments |
| Summary |
A cri de cœur or fully imagined poem on the myth and history of Jerusalem/Al-Quds from the author revered as the greatest living Arabic poet At the age of eighty-six, Adonis, an Arabic poet with Syrian origins, a critic, an essayist, and a devoted secularist, has come out of retirement to pen an extended, innovative poem on Jerusalem/Al-Quds. It is a hymn to a troubled city embattled by the conflicting demands of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Adonis's city, as a coveted land, ought to suggest the universal love of humanity; as a land of tragedy, a place of contending history and beliefs, and a locus of bitterness, conflict, hatred, rivalry, and blood. Wrapping multiple voices, historical references, and political viewpoints within his ecstatic lyricism, Adonis has created a provocative work of unique beauty and profound wisdom, beautifully rendered in English by award-winning poet Khaled Mattawa. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Jerusalem -- Poetry.
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POETRY -- Middle Eastern. |
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Middle East -- Jerusalem. |
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Electronic books.
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Poetry.
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Poetry.
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| ISBN |
0300231563 (electronic book) |
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9780300231564 (electronic book) |
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