Literatures of the Middle East: From Antiquity to the PresentWillis Barnstone, Tony Barnstone Prentice Hall, 2003 - 487 pages This extraordinary anthology gathers together a broad selection of representative, authoritative writings--spanning antiquity to the present--from the non-Western civilizations of the Middle East. It combines extensive introductions, headnotes, and bibliographies with excellent literary translations of the best contemporary and classical writers. KEY TOPICS: The selections reflect literary, religious, and philosophical traditions and reveal--despite cultural differences--the universality of life experiences. Primary literary genres (poetry, fiction, and drama) as well as key religions, philosophical, historic, aesthetic, biographical and political texts are covered. MARKET: For readers of Middle Eastern, World, and Non-Western Literature. |
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... Night a flock of women : Kohl , black cloaks . Night , an enormous tent . Night , a blocked day . I called to my negro maid : “ Murjana , it's dark now , Switch the light on . You know what ? I'm hungry . There's a song , I forgot ...
... night descends ( these are the papers he gave to the ink- morning's ink that never came ) The night descends on the bed ( the bed of the lover who never came ) The night descends / not a sound ( clouds , smoke ) The night descends ...
... night descends ( he enters between the breasts of the days / our women neighbours are my days ) The night descends ( that sofa / that pillow : this is an alleyway , this is a place ) The night descends ( what shall we prepare ? Wine ...
Table des matières
Introduction to Section | 5 |
Poetry | 7 |
The Pyramid Texts 24642355 B C | 14 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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