{"product_id":"city-of-beginnings-poetic-modernism-in-beirut-9780691182186","title":"City of Beginnings: Poetic Modernism in Beirut","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow poetic modernism shaped Arabic intellectual debates in the twentieth century and beyond\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCity of Beginnings\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration of modernism in Arabic poetry, a movement that emerged in Beirut during the 1950s and became the most influential and controversial Arabic literary development of the twentieth century. Robyn Creswell introduces English-language readers to a poetic movement that will be uncannily familiar--and unsettlingly strange. He also provides an intellectual history of Lebanon during the early Cold War, when Beirut became both a battleground for rival ideologies and the most vital artistic site in the Middle East. Arabic modernism was centered on the legendary magazine \u003ci\u003eShi'r\u003c\/i\u003e (\"Poetry\"), which sought to put Arabic verse on \"the map of world literature.\" The Beiruti poets--Adonis, Yusuf al-Khal, and Unsi al-Hajj chief among them--translated modernism into Arabic, redefining the very idea of poetry in that literary tradition. \u003ci\u003eCity of Beginnings\u003c\/i\u003e includes analyses of the Arab modernists' creative encounters with Ezra Pound, Saint-John Perse, and Antonin Artaud, as well as their adaptations of classical literary forms. The book also reveals how the modernists translated concepts of liberal individualism, autonomy, and political freedom into a radical poetics that has shaped Arabic literary and intellectual debate to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robyn Creswell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691182186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobyn Creswell\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of comparative literature at Yale University and a former poetry editor at\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e. His writings have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other publications. He is the translator of Abdelfattah Kilito's \u003ci\u003eThe Tongue of Adam \u003c\/i\u003eand Sonallah Ibrahim's \"\u003ci\u003eThat Smell\" and \"Notes from Prison.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44411348287603,"sku":"9780691182186","price":103.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_083894f3-fb2d-4d62-89be-4ee93e22bd88.jpg?v=1772026206","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/city-of-beginnings-poetic-modernism-in-beirut-9780691182186","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}