Love and Poetry in the Middle East - Love and Literature from Antiquity to the Present (Paperback)

Love has been an important trope in the literature of the region we now call the Middle East, from ancient times to modern. This book analyses love poetry in various ancient and contemporary languages of the Middle East, including Akkadian, ancient Egyptian, Classical and Modern Standard Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Turkish and Kurdish, including literary materials that have been discovered and highlighted for the first time. Together, the chapters reflect and explore the discursive evolution of the theme of love, and the sensibilities, styles and techniques used to convey it. They chart the way in which poems in ancient poetry give way to complex and varied reflections of human sentiments in the medieval languages and on to the modern period which in turn reflects the complexities and nuances of present times. Offering a snapshot of the diverse literary languages and their relationship to the theme of love, the book will be of interest to scholars of Near and Middle Eastern Literature and Culture.

General

Imprint:	I.B. Tauris
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2023
Editors:	Atef Alshaer
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-7556-4098-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General
LSN:	0-7556-4098-5
Barcode:	9780755640980

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