{"product_id":"buland-al-ḥaidari-and-modern-iraqi-poetry-3","title":"Buland Al-Ḥaidari and Modern Iraqi Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this brilliant book, ʻAbdulwāḥid Lu’lu’a translates and introduces eighty poems from one of the pioneers of modern Arabic poetry, Buland Al-Ḥaidari.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuland Al-Ḥaidari might fairly be considered the fourth pillar holding up the dome of modern Arabic poetry. Alongside his famous contemporaries Nāzik al-Malā'ika, Badre Shākir Al-Sayyāb, and ‘Abdulwahhāb Al-Bayyāti, Al-Ḥaidari likewise made significant contributions to the development of twentieth-century Arabic poetry, including the departure from the traditional use of two-hemistich verses in favor of what has been called the Arabic “free verse” form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA few of Al-Ḥaidari’s poems have been translated into English separately, but no book-length translation of his poetry has been published until now. In \u003ci\u003eBuland Al-Ḥaidari and Modern Iraqi Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, ʻAbdulwāḥid Lu’lu’a translates eighty of Al-Ḥaidari’s most important poems, giving English-speaking readers access to this rich corpus. Lu’lu’a’s perceptive introduction acquaints readers with the contours of Al-Ḥaidari’s life and situates his work in the context of modern Arabic poetry. The translated pieces not only illustrate the depth of Al-Ḥaidari’s poetic imagination but also showcase the development of his style, from the youthful romanticism of his first collection \u003ci\u003eClay Throb\u003c\/i\u003e (1946) to the detached pessimism of his \u003ci\u003eSongs of the Dead City\u003c\/i\u003e (1951). Selections are also included from his later collections \u003ci\u003eSteps in Exile\u003c\/i\u003e (1965), \u003ci\u003eThe Journey of Yellow Letters\u003c\/i\u003e (1968), and \u003ci\u003eSongs of the Tired Guard\u003c\/i\u003e (1977). These poems paint a vivid picture of the literary and poetic atmosphere in Baghdad and Iraq from the mid-1940s to the close of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"By Buland Al-Haidari. Edited and translated by ‘Abdulwāḥid Lu’lu’a","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54984482980220,"sku":"9780268205324","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780268205324.jpg?v=1740747249","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/buland-al-%e1%b8%a5aidari-and-modern-iraqi-poetry-3","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}