'Linnet-like Confined I... Shall Sing': The Freedom-Imprisonment Duality in the Poetry of Abū Firās al-amdānī and Richard Lovelace.

Abstract This paper explores the freedom-imprisonment duality as a major theme common to the poetry of two poets: Abū Firās al-amdānī and Richard Lovelace. There is a striking resemblance not only between the two poets' real-life experiences, but also the manner in which they transformed them into a...

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Published in:	Journal of Arabic Literature Vol. 42; no. 2/3; pp. 236 - 261
Main Authors:	Khawaldeh, Samirah, Sultan, Sabbar
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	Brill Academic Publishers 2011
Subjects:	Imprisonment in literature Liberty Duality (Logic) Lovelace, Richard, 1618-1658 Al-Hamdani, Abu Frias Arab American poetry
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