- Description
- 1 online resource (x, 306 pages)
- Summary
- "This book tells the story of rebel poetry in Iraq from the early twentieth century to the dawn of the Ba'thist era. It emphasizes the social relevance of rebel poetry by showing how poetry was composed, recited, disseminated, criticized, and punished. And it documents the role of poets as national spokesmen in the long struggle for national liberation, locating their ideas and actions in the global currents of anticolonial modernity"--
- Uniform Title
- Dangers of poetry (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Dangers of poetry (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-292) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction : "the spirit of the rebel poet" -- Neoclassical modernity : poetry, history, and authenticity, 1876-1914 -- Rebel poetry : colonialism and the poetry of rebellion, 1914-1920 -- Double-edged praise : patronage, power, and panegyric, 1920-1932 -- Patriots and traitors : the cultural politics of nationalism, 1932-1945 -- Poetry of public spaces : mass politics and new horizons, 1945-1958 -- Cultural hegemony : the politics of class, gender, and nation, 1958-1963 -- Conclusion : "we are what flows in every soul and spirit"
- LCCN
- 2020008440
- OCLC
- ssj0002409802
- Author
Jones, Kevin M. (Kevin Michael), 1983-
- Title
The dangers of poetry [electronic resource] : culture, politics, and revolution in Iraq / Kevin M. Jones.
- Imprint
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2020]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-292) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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