Habib Tengour Poems for the Millennium, Volume Four (Paperback)
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Further Details Title: Poems for the Millennium, Volume Four Condition: New Subtitle: The University of California Book of North African Literature ISBN-10: 0520273850 EAN: 9780520273856 ISBN: 9780520273856 Publisher: University of California Press Format: Paperback Release Date: 01/31/2013 Description: In this fourth volume of the landmark "Poems for the Millennium" series, Pierre Joris and Habib Tengour present a comprehensive anthology of the written and oral literatures of the Maghreb, the region of North Africa that spans the modern nation states of Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Mauritania, and including a section on the influential Arabo-Berber and Jewish literary culture of Al-Andalus, which flourished in Spain between the ninth and fifteenth centuries. Beginning with the earliest pictograms and rock drawings and ending with the work of the current generation of post-independence and diasporic writers, this volume takes in a range of cultures and voices, including Berber, Phoenician, Jewish, Roman, Vandal, Arab, Ottoman, and French. Though concentrating on oral and written poetry and narratives, the book also draws on historical and geographical treatises, philosophical and esoteric traditions, song lyrics, and current prose experiments. These selections are arranged in five chronological "diwans" or chapters, which are interrupted by a series of "books" that supply extra detail, giving context or covering specific cultural areas in concentrated fashion.The selections are contextualized by a general introduction that situates the importance of this little-known culture area and individual commentaries for nearly each author. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 229mm Item Length: 152mm Item Width: 41mm Item Weight: 1043g Contributor: Pierre Joris (Edited by), Habib Tengour (Edited by), Pierre Joris (Commentaries by), Habib Tengour (Commentaries by) Genre: Poetry & Drama Author: Habib Tengour Release Year: 2013 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
