Modern Arabic Literature / / Paul Starkey.

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748612901');This book provides a succinct introduction to modern Arabic literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. Designed primarily as an introductory textbook for English-speaking undergraduates, it will also be of interest to a more general reader...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2006
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEIS
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Note on abbreviations
  • Preface and acknowledgements
  • Introduction: what is Modern Arabic literature?
  • 1 The background
  • 2 The revival
  • 3 Neo-classical poetry
  • 4 Romanticism in Arabic poetry
  • 5 Poetry: the Modernists
  • 6 Prose literature: early developments
  • 7 Prose literature: the period of maturity
  • 8 The sixties generation and beyond
  • 9 Drama: early experiments
  • 10 Drama: the period of maturity
  • 11 Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index