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ISBN: 978-0-8156-3755-4 (hardcover)

978-0-8156-3752-3 (paperback)

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Marchi, Lisa, author.

Title: The funambulists : women poets of the Arab diaspora / Lisa Marchi.

Description: First edition. | Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2022. | Series: Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2022012340 (print) | LCCN 2022012341 (ebook) | ISBN 9780815637554 (hardcover ; alk. paper) | ISBN 9780815637523 (paperback ; alk. paper) | ISBN 9780815655473 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Poetry, Modern—Women authors—History and criticism. | Poetry, Modern—Arab authors—History and criticism. | Women and literature. | LCGFT: Literary criticism.

Classification: LCC PN1091 .M37 2022 (print) | LCC PN1091 (ebook) | DDC 809.1/99287089927—dc23/eng/20220509

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