TY - JOUR
T1 - The Queen Who Serves the Slaves
T2 - From Politics to Metapoetics in the Poetry of Qsim Haddd
AU - Huri, Yair
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2003.
PY - 2003/1/1
Y1 - 2003/1/1
N2 - The following article deals with the poetry of the Bahraini poet Q¨sim add¨d, one of the most prominent modernist Arab poets of our time. One of add¨dÕs main characteristics in his habit of recurrently changing his poetic style and poetic themes over the years, and this article seeks to highlight the signi. cant transformations add¨dÕs poetry underwent during his career. The article argues that one of the most important transformations is the shift add¨d made from leftist committed poetry in the 1970s toward a highly modernist poetics in the 1980s and 90s. In uenced by Adonis, the key . gure among Arab modernist poets, add¨d tends to re ect upon meta-poetic themes in his later poetic works-themes such as the exploration of the creative process, the poem as a creator of a new world, the innate gap between language and the poetÕs personal and poetic experience, etc. add¨d tackles these themes by using an innovative poetic style and a low-key tone, and succeeds in drawing the readerÕs attention to the complexity and the poignancy of his poetry.
AB - The following article deals with the poetry of the Bahraini poet Q¨sim add¨d, one of the most prominent modernist Arab poets of our time. One of add¨dÕs main characteristics in his habit of recurrently changing his poetic style and poetic themes over the years, and this article seeks to highlight the signi. cant transformations add¨dÕs poetry underwent during his career. The article argues that one of the most important transformations is the shift add¨d made from leftist committed poetry in the 1970s toward a highly modernist poetics in the 1980s and 90s. In uenced by Adonis, the key . gure among Arab modernist poets, add¨d tends to re ect upon meta-poetic themes in his later poetic works-themes such as the exploration of the creative process, the poem as a creator of a new world, the innate gap between language and the poetÕs personal and poetic experience, etc. add¨d tackles these themes by using an innovative poetic style and a low-key tone, and succeeds in drawing the readerÕs attention to the complexity and the poignancy of his poetry.
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U2 - 10.1163/157006403770398677
DO - 10.1163/157006403770398677
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:46049115456
SN - 0085-2376
VL - 34
SP - 252
EP - 279
JO - Journal of Arabic Literature
JF - Journal of Arabic Literature
IS - 3
ER -