{"product_id":"buland-alaidari-modern-iraqi-poetry","title":"Buland Alaidari \u0026 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 \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 \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","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57306987954558,"sku":"NW9780268205317","price":31.92,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780268205317.jpg?v=1778522245","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/buland-alaidari-modern-iraqi-poetry","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}