{"product_id":"poems-for-the-millennium-volume-four-the-university-of-california-book-of-north-african-literature-paperback","title":"Poems for the Millennium, Volume Four: The University of California Book of North African Literature - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePierre Joris\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHabib Tengour\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePierre Joris\u003c\/b\u003e (Commentaries by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this fourth volume of the landmark \u003ci\u003ePoems for the Millennium\u003c\/i\u003e series, Pierre Joris and Habib Tengour present a comprehensive anthology of the written and oral literatures of the Maghreb, the region of North Africa that spans the modern nation states of Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Mauritania, and including a section on the influential Arabo-Berber and Jewish literary culture of Al-Andalus, which flourished in Spain between the ninth and fifteenth centuries. Beginning with the earliest pictograms and rock drawings and ending with the work of the current generation of post-independence and diasporic writers, this volume takes in a range of cultures and voices, including Berber, Phoenician, Jewish, Roman, Vandal, Arab, Ottoman, and French. Though concentrating on oral and written poetry and narratives, the book also draws on historical and geographical treatises, philosophical and esoteric traditions, song lyrics, and current prose experiments. These selections are arranged in five chronological \"diwans\" or chapters, which are interrupted by a series of \"books\" that supply extra detail, giving context or covering specific cultural areas in concentrated fashion. The selections are contextualized by a general introduction that situates the importance of this little-known culture area and individual commentaries for nearly each author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive anthology of North African texts is the first of its kind available in English. The editors' scholarship is impeccable, as is their selection, translation, and contextualization of the works presented here. Joris and Tengour demonstrate a deep understanding and intimate knowledge not only of the texts, but also the cultural context and literary processes of North Africa.--Silvia Nagy-Zekmi, author of \u003ci\u003eTransatlantic Parallelisms\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One might think that the literary works of North Africa are off the map of Western Civilization. No one who reads this book will think that ever again. This comprehensive anthology of writers both famous and unfamiliar--spanning an enormous sweep of more than two millennia-- compels us to integrate the Maghreb into our understanding of European and Middle Eastern literature. With these compelling and informative translations, Joris and Tengour make crystal clear that this region has a claim on being one of the wellsprings of the culture we value in the West. In so doing, they restore to us a missing part of the 'cradle' of our civilization.\"--Charles Bernstein, author of \u003ci\u003eAttack of the Difficult Poems: Essays and Inventions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePierre Joris is a Professor of English at SUNY, Albany and an acclaimed translator and editor. as well as the author of many books of poetry. He is coeditor of UC Press's highly successful first two volumes in the Poems for the Millennium series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHabib Tengour is a poet, editor, translator, anthropologist, and novelist. He is editor of OEuvres poétiques complètes de Mohammed Dib.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 792\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 31, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52729355043123,"sku":"9780520273856","price":60.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/mnmVkXKoAB9780520273856.webp?v=1763809031","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/poems-for-the-millennium-volume-four-the-university-of-california-book-of-north-african-literature-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}