New Voices of Arabia: The Poetry: An Anthology from Saudi Arabia
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
New Voices of Arabia: The Poetry: An Anthology from Saudi Arabia
By (Author) Saad Al-Bazei
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
I.B. Tauris
24th February 2012
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: poetry and poets
Middle Eastern history
Social groups: religious groups and communities
Fiction in translation
892.71608
Physical Properties
Hardback
360
Width 164mm, Height 236mm, Spine 34mm
700g
Description
Poetry in Saudi Arabia today is a dramatic manifestation of the rapid changes that are sweeping not only through the country's literature and culture, but also through Saudi life as a whole. The unyielding tension between the forces of change and tradition are nowhere more painfully visible than in the poem. Bringing together three generations of poets -a total of forty, each represented by a number of poems - this anthology reflects the broad spectrum of Saudi poetry over the last half century or more. By linking Hussain Sarhan and Hamza Shahata from the 1950s to Hilda Ismail and Ahmad Katoua'h in today's world, and by juxtaposing the traditional rhythms of the classical poem with the diametrically oppostite poetics of the prose poem, this anthology offers a balanced picture of how poetry has evolved in Saudi Arabia. The anthology includes translations of works by Mohammad Al-Ali, Fawziah Abu Khalid, Ghazi Al-Qusaibi, Mohammad Al-Thubaiti and Ali AdDomaini.
Author Bio
Saad Al-Bazai is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at King Saud University in Riyadh. He obtained his PhD from Purdue University in Indiana in 1983, and is the author of numerous books and articles in both Arabic and English.
