Poems from Above the Hill: Selected Poems of Ashur Etwebi (Paperback, New)

Poetry. Middle Eastern Studies. Translated from the Arabic by Brenda Hillman and Diallah Haidar. "In POEMS FROM ABOVE THE HILL, Ashur Etwebi compactly renders experience in a hauntingly classical way. His work is rooted in the landscapes of his country, and in inventing forms in his literary traditions that will capture his engagement with his place and culture. His poetry is intimate but grand, innovative but traditional, influenced by Modernist poetry...yet populist and accessible. His phrasing and syntax are often very unpredictable, risk-taking, experimenting with neologisms, inventing language. In his work, there is often a strongly elegiac note; his irony reminds one of Eliot, his imagistic purity reminds one of Pound. Yet he has an intimate knowledge of his fellow creatures that brings to mind William Carlos Williams. Ashur Etwebi enters the mysterious places of the land and sea through the experiences of the human beings he encounters, never engaging in sentimental homage but putting forward a powerful and delicious reverie and a poetic vision"--Brenda Hillman.

General

Imprint:	Parlor Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2011
First published:	March 2011
Authors:	Ashur Tuwaybi • Ashur Etwebi
Translators:	Brenda Hillman
Dimensions:	235 x 145 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	136
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-60235-160-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
LSN:	1-60235-160-0
Barcode:	9781602351608

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