Format:
XVIII, 286 S.
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24 cm
ISBN:
178076362X
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9781780763620
Content:
The Middle East has a poetic record stretching back five millennia. In this unique book, 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 the effects of war. They deal with material in a wide variety of languages including Sumerian, Hittite, Akkadian, biblical and modern Hebrew, and classical and contemporary Arabic and range from the destruction of Ur in 1940 BC to the poetry of Hamas and Hezbollah. Some poems are heroic in tone, celebrating victory and the prowess of warriors, others reflect keenly on the suffering that war causes. The result is a work that offers fresh insights into the poetry of the Middle East and provides a unique reflection of the ways in which this most violent and pervasive of human activities has been reflected in different cultures
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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'O city set up thy lament' : poetic responses to the trauma of war
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The poem of Erra and Ishum : a Babylonian poet's view of war
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Poetry and war among the Hittites
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Warfare in ancient Egyptian poetry Robert Anderson ; Poetry and the early Islamic historical tradition : poetry and narratives of the Battle of Ṣiffīn
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Pity and defiance in the poetry of the siege of Baghdad (197/813)
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Silenced cultural encounters in poetry of war
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Courage and eloquence : 'Antar, the warrior-poet of the siyar
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'If only al-Barrāq could see ... ' : violence and voyeurism in an early modern reformulation of the pre-Islamic call to arms
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'I am a civil war' : the poetry of Haim Gouri
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Humanism, nationalism and violence in Mahmoud
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Naher Osten
;
Krieg
;
Lyrik
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Kennedy, Hugh 1947-
