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Mihyar of Damascus: His Songs (Lannan Translations Selection Series)
Mihyar of Damascus His Songs - Lannan Translations Selection Series Author:Adonis Born in Syria in 1930, Adonis later moved to Lebanon and became a pivotal figure in the new poetry of the late 1960s. With the publication of Mihyar of Damascus: His Songs in 1963?widely viewed as a watershed moment in Arabic poetry?Adonis forged a new set of possibilities for Arabic poetry, writing in traditional meters but infusing them... more » with modernist rhythms, styles, and conceptual complexities.Translators Adnan Haydar (University of Arkansas in Fayetteville) and Michael Beard (University of North Dakota) co-edit a series of books, Middle East Literature in Translation, for Syracuse University Press.« less