Quartet of Joy: Poems
Matar's Quartet of Joy is a multilayered poetic composition in four elemental keys: earth, fire, water, and air. While exemplifying Egyptian ethos, the poems also evoke African landscapes, ancient Greek philosophy, Bedouin culture, Islamic folk rituals, classical Arabian verse, Koranic citations, and Sufi aphorisms to create a lyrical arabesque. The four sets of the volume create a musical structure that has the intimacy and the gracefulness of a quartet playing chamber music. The dazzling poetry is richly seeded with literary, political, and philosophical allusions. For the benefit of bilingual readers, the original poetry in Arabic is prese…
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Weitere Autoren: Ghazoul, Ferial (Übers.) / Verlenden, John (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-55728-487-7
- EAN: 9781557284877
- Produktnummer: 9427438
- Verlag: Univ Of Arkansas Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
- Seitenangabe: 24 S.
- Masse: H24.4 cm x B14.8 cm x D1.9 cm 399 g
- Gewicht: 399
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