The Dune's Twisted Edge : Journeys in the Levant

Name: The Dune's Twisted Edge : Journeys in the Levant
Brand: The University of Chicago Press

The University of Chicago Press

Embark on a journey through the exotic Levant with Gabriel Levin's "The Dune's Twisted Edge." This compelling work blends travelogue, field guide, and literary appreciation to explore the eastern seaboard of the Levant and its deserts, a land at the crossroads of Western Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean, and Northeast Africa. Levin strikes out from Jerusalem, seeking a poetics of the Fertile Crescent and delving into the real and imaginative terrain of a place that beckons with wonder and self-renewal. His travels span the Jordan Valley, Wadi Rum, the Negev desert, and the Arabian Empty Quarter, connecting with the ancient landscape and its literary echoes. Encounter the influences of poetic figures like Imru al-Qays, Byzantine empress Eudocia, naturalist Henry Baker Tristram, Herman Melville, and Frank O’Hara. Discover the traces of vanished civilizations, from ruined Umayyad palaces to Greco-Roman hot springs and Nabatean carvings. "The Dune's Twisted Edge" vividly evokes the landscape, cultures, and poetry of this ancient region, celebrating the Middle East as a place of complex myths and identities. Summary: Travel book, Hardcover, English, 176 pages, published in 2012 by The University of Chicago Press. Features journeys in the Levant, exploring its culture, history, and poetry.