The Poetry of Sadi Yusuf

Between Homeland and Exile

• Author(s): Yair Huri,
• Publisher: Sussex Academic Press
• Pages: 352
• ISBN_10: 184519148X
  ISBN_13: 9781845191481
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / African , Literary Criticism / Middle Eastern , Literary Criticism / Poetry , Poetry / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social ,

Description:... Sa'di Yusuf has long been acknowledged as Iraq's foremost living poet and one of the pre-eminent modernists of Arabic poetry. In this first book-length study in English on the subject, the author seeks to provide a comprehensive look at Yusuf's literary accomplishments through thematic analysis and close readings that place his texts within wider literary contexts. Encompassing discussions of more than a hundred poems, this study offers a coherent framework for understanding the body of work created by a major poet of our time.