Modern Arabic Poetry 1800 1970

Download or read book Modern Arabic Poetry written by Shmuel Moreh and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1976-01-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this book is to trace the development of the differing forms employed in various liteary movements in modern Arabic poetry. This development seems to me the most important elemment in the understanding of the contemporary revolution in Arabic poetry. Moreover, this revolution is considered to be the first in the history of Arabic poetry in which the influence of foreign literature has been such that it las almost completely cut off modervn Arabic poetry from its classical heritage." from Introduction.