Crying Over the Ruins

What rhetorical, figurative, performative purposes did “crying over the ruins” serve for ancient Arab poets, and how was this motif reworked, repurposed in premodern, Romantic, modern(ist) Arabic poetries? 250-word abstracts

Deadline for submissions: Friday, 10 March 2023

Emily Drumsta, Brown U (drumsta@austin.utexas.edu )