The Dangers of Poetry: Culture, Politics, and Revolution in Iraq
Material type: TextPublisher: Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2020Description: 306 p., 24 cmSubject(s):Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) Library Small Library - 0.06 | D 1615 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | D 1615 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : "the spirit of the rebel poet" -- Neoclassical modernity : poetry, history, and authenticity, 1876-1914 -- Rebel poetry : colonialism and the poetry of rebellion, 1914-1920 -- Double-edged praise : patronage, power, and panegyric, 1920-1932 -- Patriots and traitors : the cultural politics of nationalism, 1932-1945 -- Poetry of public spaces : mass politics and new horizons, 1945-1958 -- Cultural hegemony : the politics of class, gender, and nation, 1958-1963 -- Conclusion : "we are what flows in every soul and spirit"
"This book tells the story of rebel poetry in Iraq from the early twentieth century to the dawn of the Ba'thist era. It emphasizes the social relevance of rebel poetry by showing how poetry was composed, recited, disseminated, criticized, and punished. And it documents the role of poets as national spokesmen in the long struggle for national liberation, locating their ideas and actions in the global currents of anticolonial modernity"-- Provided by publisher.
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