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1 online resource (xviii, 286 pages) |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1. 'O City Set Up Thy Lament': Poetic Responses to the Trauma of War; 2. The Poem of Erra and Ishum: A Babylonian Poet's View of War; 3. Poetry and War among the Hittites; 4. Warfare in ancient Egyptian Poetry; 5. Poetry and the Early Islamic Historical Tradition: Poetry and Narratives of the Battle of Siffin; 6. Pity and Defiance in the Poetry of the Siege of Baghdad (197/813); 7. Silenced Cultural Encounters in Poetry of War; 8. Courage and Eloquence: 'Antar, the Warrior-Poet of the siyar. |
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9. 'If only al-Barraq could see ... ': Violence and Voyeurism in an Early Modern Reformulation of the Pre-Islamic Call to Arms10. 'I am a civil war': The Poetry of Haim Gouri; 11. Humanism, Nationalism and Violence in Mahmoud Darwish's Poetry; Index. |
| Summary |
Part of the rich legacy of the Middle East is a poetic record stretching back five millennia. This unparalleled repository of knowledge - across different languages, cultures and religions - allows us to examine continuity and change in human expression from the beginnings of writing to the present day. In Warfare and Poetry in the Middle East leading scholars draw upon this legacy to explore the ways in which poets, from the third millennium bc to the present day, have responded to effects of war. The contributors deal with material in a wide variety of languages - including Sumerian, Hittite. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
War in literature.
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War in literature. |
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Middle Eastern poetry -- History and criticism.
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Middle Eastern poetry. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Kennedy, Hugh (Hugh N.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781780763620 178076362X |
| ISBN |
9780857722942 (electronic book) |
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0857722948 (electronic book) |
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9781306069700 (MyiLibrary) |
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130606970X (MyiLibrary) |
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9781780763620 |
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178076362X |
| Standard No. |
ebc1511079 |
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