Mahmoud Darwish's work has long been considered seminal in shaping modern Arabic poetry. He has received wide international recognition and is regarded as a contender for the Nobel Prize. Often deemed the "Poet of the Resistance," no substantial critical study exists that addresses the complexity of Darwish's poetry in rewriting the homeland and articulating exile. His later poetry consciously marks a move away from his earlier portrayals of identity, home, and poetry, yet many critics have failed to take note of this shift. His oeuvre yokes poetry and history, the political and the poetic, probing identities in perpetual exile. This book examines the complex connections between poetry, myth, lyric, prose, and history in Darwish's poetry. The scholarly articles in this volume situate his work in relation to both modern Arabic and world poetry. In addition, the articles address issues such as the future of poetry, the role of the poet, language, cultural heritage, lyrical modes, as well as the relationship of place and identity.
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Hala Kh. Nassar is an assistant professor of modern Arabic culture and literature at Yale University. She is at work on a book about Palestinian theater and the culture of martyrdom.
Najat Rahman is assistant professor of comparative literature at the University of Montreal. Her work explores Mahmoud Darwish's poetry in relation to contemporary articulations of home.
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This review is from: Mahmoud Darwish, Exile's Poet: Critical Essays (Paperback)
Arguably the most important Palestinian poet of our time, Mahmoud Darwish appears for the first time in English in "Exile's Poet", deftly edited by professors of modern Arabic culture and comparative literatures respectively Hala Khamis Nassar & Najat Rahman it offers a critical appraisal of Darwish's work as well, from his earliest works to his later work, filled with connections between myth, lyric, prose, and history among other things. The Editors bring in editorials on the future of poetry, roles of the modern poet, heritage and more. Highly recommended to poetry fans who want an in depth look from another place in the world.
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Mahmoud Darwish: Exile's Poet has an excellent Foreword by Salma Khadra Jayyusi, who is a scholar of longstanding in the field of Arabic literary criticism and has special empathy with Mahmoud Darwish's writing. Mahmoud Darwish is a poet loved by Palestinians and whom they call their "national poet". The book includes a collection of articles by scholars from around the world who have made a sincere attempt to write about a difficult subject and one on which there is very little available even in Arabic. I especially liked Reuven Snir's long article titled: "Other Barbarians Will Come: Intertextuality, Meta-Poetry and Meta-Myth in Mahmoud Darwish's Poetry". Snir, a scholar of international reknown in the field of Arabic literary criticism, has lived through many of the times and events in Mahmoud Darwish's life and, as does Jayyusi, relates to his writings.
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