1. Poetic trajectories: introduction -- 2. The tradition/modernity nexus in Arabic poetics -- 3. Poetic strategies: thresholds for conformity and dissent -- 4. Poetic dialogization: ancestors in the text, figures and figurations -- 5. Dedications as poetic intersections: precursors and contemporaries -- 6. Envisioning exile: past anchors and problematic encounters -- 7. The edge of recognition and rejection: why T. S. Eliot? -- 8. Conclusion: re-inscribing tradition.
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Arabic poetry - 20th century - History and criticism