Language for a New Century - Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond (Paperback)

Language for a New Century celebrates the artistic and cultural forces flourishing today in the East, bringing together an unprecedented selection of works by South Asian, East Asian, Middle Eastern, and Central Asian poets as well as poets living in the Diaspora. Some poets, such as Bei Dao and Mahmoud Darwish, are acclaimed worldwide, but many more will be new to the reader. The collection includes 400 unique voices political and apolitical, monastic and erotic that represent a wider artistic movement that challenges thousand-year-old traditions, broadening our notion of contemporary literature. Each section of the anthology organized by theme rather than by national affiliation is preceded by a personal essay from the editors that introduces the poetry and exhorts readers to examine their own identities in light of these powerful poems. In an age of violence and terrorism, often predicated by cultural ignorance, this anthology is a bold declaration of shared humanity and devotion to the transformative power of art."

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2008
First published:	April 2008
Editors:	Tina Chang • Nathalie Handal • Ravi Shankar
Foreword by:	Carolyn Forche
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	734
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-33238-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
LSN:	0-393-33238-1
Barcode:	9780393332384

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