Word: khoury
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Mounah A. Khouri and Hamid Algar have compiled a bilingual Anthology of Modern Arabic Poetry that transcends such simplistic, patronizing views of the East. The book is a collection of free verse written both in response to and outside the mainstream of modern Western literature, and the poems avoid the formal abstraction of neo-classical Arabic poetry while retaining its rich imagery. In general, they reflect the Western view that literature should reflect an artist's subjective response to the world about him rather than just a superficial description...