A Critical Introduction to Modern Arabic Poetry

by Muḥammad Muṣṭafá Badawī

This book is the first critical survey of the development and achievements of 'modern' Arabic poetry, here signifying the period from the latter half of the nineteenth century to the present day. It ranges over the entire Arabic-speaking world and includes a discussion of the work of poets who emigrated to the United States and Latin America. Four main stages are examined in the development of a specifically modern Arabic poetry: the 'neoclassical',...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521290236
• ISBN13: 9780521290234
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"