This concise book on Gibran is meant to be a quick but informative
read that affords the Gibran scholar and student alike some useful
information that may not be easily available, and if so, is buried
in the midst of the massive volumes of biographies and criticism on
Gibran. The title is intended to raise questions about scholarship
pertaining to Gibran's life and to query certain critics about the
authenticity of their information and sources.The book is divided
into six chapters: three are in English and three are in Arabic. I
have also included my translation into English of the original
Arabic text of Gibran's Unpublished Letters to Archbishop Antonious
Bashir. These letters shed light on an otherwise obscure corner of
Gibran's personality and scholarship. Although Gibran belongs to
two distinct worlds and two different alphabets, he succeeded
through his global message of love and peace to create harmony
between civilizations and unity between languages. He combined the
best of the East and of the West and lived a life of simplicity and
dignity. Gibran is considered to be the poet who truly modernized
Arabic poetry and infused it with a new breed of ideas and words.
He created a stylistic revolution that revitalized the Arabic
language and set it on a new course worthy of its magnificent
heritage. As for his adopted language, he certainly enriched the
English language with a stream of thought and style that is only
reminiscent of certain books of the Bible. Next to his mentor,
William Blake, Gibran stands out as the poet of the Bible par
excellance.
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