City of beginnings: poetic modernism in beirut
Auteur :
Creswell, Robyn
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691264769
Date de publication :
28 janv. 2025
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
How poetic modernism shaped Arabic intellectual debates in the twentieth century and beyondCity of Beginnings is an exploration of modernism in Arabic poetry, a movement that emerged in Beirut during the 1950s and became the most influential and controversial Arabic literary development of the twentieth century. Robyn Creswell introduces Englis