Winner of the King Fahd Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies
Translation of Arabic Literature Award 2013. Chronicles of Majnun
Layla and Selected Poems brings together in one volume Haddad's
seminal work and a considerable selection of poems from his oeuvre,
stretching over forty years. The central poem, Chronicles of Majnun
Layla, recasts the seventh-century myth into a contemporary,
postmodern narrative that revels in the foibles of oral
transmission, weaving a small side cast of characters into the
fabric of the poem. Haddad portrays Layla as a daring woman aware
of her own needs and desires and not afraid to articulate them. The
author succeeds in reviving this classical work of Arabian love
while liberating it from its puritanical dimension and tribal
overtones. The selected poems reveal Haddad's playful yet profound
meditations. A powerful lyric poet, Haddad juxtaposes classical and
modern symbols, and mixes the old with the new, the sensual with
the sacred, and the common with the extraordinary. Ghazoul and
Verlenden's masterful translation remains faithful to the cultural
and historical context in which the original poetry was produced
while also reflecting the uniqueness of the poet's style and his
poetics.
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