It Could Have Been Otherwise: A Conversation with Yahia Lababidi.
An interview with Egyptian poet Yahia Lababidi is presented. When asked about French poet Charles Baudelaire, she said that Baudelaire demonstrates his argument with self-reveling point in his writings. Lababidi says that Baudelaire refers to himself as neurasthenic idler. He mentions the poem by Ba...
| Published in: | Literary Review Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 177 - 189 |
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| Format: | Interview |
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Fairleigh Dickinson University
Summer2011
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| Summary: | An interview with Egyptian poet Yahia Lababidi is presented. When asked about French poet Charles Baudelaire, she said that Baudelaire demonstrates his argument with self-reveling point in his writings. Lababidi says that Baudelaire refers to himself as neurasthenic idler. He mentions the poem by Baudelaire entitled "The Albatross," which according to her a poet of misfits and vulnerable. |
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