Chronicles of Majnun Layla and Selected Poems

by Qassim Haddad

Chronicles of Majnun Layla and Selected Poems brings together in one volume Haddad's seminal work and a considerable selection of poems from his oeuvre, stretching over forty years. The central poem, Chronicles of Majnun Layla, recasts the seventh-century myth into a contemporary, postmodern narrative that revels in the foibles of oral transmission, weaving a small side cast of characters into the fabric of the poem. Haddad portrays...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815610378
• ISBN13: 9780815610373
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.8"