Women of the Fertile Crescent : an anthology of modern poetry by Arab women /
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"A three Continents book"--Label on title page.
Originally published Colorado Springs, CO : Three Continents Press, 1994.
Publisher from label on title page. :
xiii, 251 pages : portraits ; 22 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-250) and index. :
0914478427
Tradition, Modernity, and Postmodernity in Arabic Literature : Essays in Honor of Professor Issa J. Boullata /
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The collection of essays contained in this volume is written by a group of prominent scholars of Arabic literature. They explore various manifestations of traditional as well as modern and postmodern themes and techniques in Arabic literature. This is the first time the tripartite concepts of tradition, modernity, and postmodernity in Arabic literary works are explored and analyzed in one volume. It illustrates very clearly the fact that Arabic literature has kept abreast not only of the primarily modern literary movements in the West - that is amply illustrated by many studies to date - but also of the "postmodern condition". Scholars in the fields of Arabic literature, Islamic Studies, Comparative Literature, postmodern studies, among others, will find this collection of essays of great interest.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789047400479
9789004117631
Arabic type-making in the machine age : the influence of technology on the form of Arabic type, 1908-1993 /
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Arabic is the third most widely used script in the world, and gave rise to one of the richest manuscript cultures of mankind. Its representation in type has engaged printers, engineers, businesses and designers since the 16th century, and today most digital devices render Arabic type. Yet the evolution of the printed form of Arabic, and its development from metal to pixels, has not been charted before. Arabic Type-Making in the Machine Age provides the first comprehensive account of this history using previously undocumented archival sources. In this richly illustrated volume, Titus Nemeth narrates the evolution of Arabic type under the influence of changing technologies from the perspective of a practitioner, combining historical research with applied design considerations.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004349308 :
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Modern Arabic poetry 1800-1970 : the development of its forms and themes under the influence of Western literature /
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"The purpose of this book is to trace the development of the differing forms employed in various liteary movements in modern Arabic poetry. This development seems to me the most important elemment in the understanding of the contemporary revolution in Arabic poetry. Moreover, this revolution is considered to be the first in the history of Arabic poetry in which the influence of foreign literature has been such that it las almost completely cut off modervn Arabic poetry from its classical heritage." from Introduction.
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Includes glossary. :
xi, 355 pages ; 25 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-339) and index. :
9004047956
9789004047952
Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 4 Saudi Tribal History : Honour and Faith in the Traditions of the Dawāsir /
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A Saudi Tribal History , the fourth volume of the author's series Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia , presents and analyses the oral traditions of the Dawāsir tribal confederation in the area of Wādi ad-Dawāsir, south of Riyadh. The introduction focusses on the tribe's self-image and its symbiosis of Bedouin and sedentary strains; its internal social relations and its place in the surrounding tribal world; the impact of the Wahhābi movement and the Saudi state's historical efforts to control the tribes; and the store of legends that continues to shape its collective consciousness. It is followed by the Arabic text of the poems and narratives in transcription, based on taped records, with the English translation on the facing page. This is complimented by an extensive glossary, cross-referenced to the Arabic text.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004502673
9789004125827
Metapoesis in the Arabic tradition : from modernists to muḥdathūn /
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In Metapoesis in the Arabic Tradition Huda J. Fakhreddine expands the study of metapoesis to include the Abbasid age in Arabic literature. Through this lens that is often used to study modernist poetry of the 20th and the 21st century, this book detects and examines a meta-poetic tendency and a self-reflexive attitude in the poetry of the first century of Abbasid poets. What and why is poetry? are questions the Abbasid poets asked themselves with the same persistence and urgency their modern successor did. This approach to the poetry of the Abbasid age serves to refresh our sense of what is "modernist" or "poetically new" and detach it from chronology.
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Originally presented as the author's dissertation (doctoral)--Indiana University, 2011. :
1 online resource (222 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-210) and index. :
9789004294578 :
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