The Poetry of Arab Women from the Pre-Islamic Age to Andalusia

This critical anthology presents the poems of more than 200 Arabic women poets active from the 600s through the 1400s CE. It marks the first appearance in English translation for many of these poems.

Author: Wessam Elmeligi
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 06/11/2019
Pages: 154
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781138323575

About the Author

Wessam Elmeligi is Assistant Professor NTT at the Department of Classical Mediterranean and Middle East at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Associate Professor at the English Department, the Faculty of Education, Damanhur University, Egypt. With a PhD in literary theory, his research interests include comparative literature, narratology, psychoanalysis, gender and women's studies, visual analysis of film and art, digital humanities, as well as translation. He has published articles and book chapters on Naguib Mahfouz, Radwa Ashour and the modern Arabic novel, Bernard Shaw and Arabic adaptations of the English theatre, and the Arabian Nights. He has also written and illustrated two graphic novels, Y&Y and Jamila.