Mahmoud Darwish

The Poet's Art and His Nation
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-8156-3361-7
Verlag: Syracuse University Press

Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 144 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 359 g

In Mahmoud Darwish: The Poet’s Art and His Nation, Mattawa pays tribute to one of the most celebrated and well-read poets of our era. With detailed knowledge of Arabic verse and a firm grounding in Palestinian history, Mattawa explores the ways in which Darwish’s aesthetics have played a crucial role in shaping and maintaining Palestinian identity and culture through decades of warfare, attrition, exile, and land confiscation. Mattawa chronicles the evolution of his poetry, from a young poet igniting resistance in occupied land to his decades in exile where his work grew in ambition and scope. In doing so, Mattawa reveals Darwish’s verse to be both rooted to its place of longing and to transcend place, as it reaches for the universal and the human.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mattawa, Khaled

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents:

1. A n Introduction: Perennial Tensions
2. The Poet and the National Literature
3. Poet Under Occupation (1964–1971)
4. Poet of National Liberation (1971–1986)
5. To Survive in the World (1986–1993)
6. Who Am I Without Exile? (1995–2008)
7. Parting Words

Über Autor(innen)

Born and raised in Libya, Khaled Mattawa immigrated to the United States as a teenager. He is assistant professor in the English Department at the University of Michigan. He is the author of several books of poetry, including Tocqueville and Amorisco.