Modern Arabic poetry
This book is the first critical survey of the development and achievements of Arabic poetry over the last century and a half. It ranges over the entire Arabic-speaking world and includes a discussion of the work of poets who emigrated to America. No knowledge of Arabic is presupposed, as all the versa is given in English translation.
289 p. ; 23 cm
9780521206990, 9780521290234, 0521206995, 0521290236
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Preface; A note on transliteration and verse translations; 1. Introductory; 2. Neoclassicism; 3. The pre-romantics; 4. The romantics; 5. The emigrant poets; 6. The recoil from romanticism; 7. Epilogue; Notes; Index.