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The City Lament

- Jerusalem across the Medieval Mediterranean

About The City Lament

Poetic elegies for lost or fallen cities are seemingly as old as cities themselves. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, this genre finds its purest expression in the book of Lamentations, which mourns the destruction of Jerusalem; in Arabic, this genre is known as the ritha al-mudun. In The City Lament, Tamar M. Boyadjian traces the trajectory of...

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781501730535
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 216
  • Published:
  • December 14, 2018
  • Dimensions:
  • 238x161x24 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 500 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 26, 2024
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025

Description of The City Lament

Poetic elegies for lost or fallen cities are seemingly as old as cities themselves. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, this genre finds its purest expression in the book of Lamentations, which mourns the destruction of Jerusalem; in Arabic, this genre is known as the ritha al-mudun. In The City Lament, Tamar M. Boyadjian traces the trajectory of...

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